John Dingell: “Mr. Hinrichs, would the development of such platforms enhance Ford's ability to export from the United States?”

Establishment of a refuge does not instantly make the Federal Government a steward of an area of land.

This committee takes pipeline safety very seriously.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

The goal Congress set then was unparalleled in all of history. Our country resolved to put an end to the decades--indeed, centuries--of neglect that had resulted in the extinction of the passenger pigeon and the Carolina parakeet, and the…