John Dingell: “I think it would be a mistake to agree to the tar sands pipeline.”

It is a very happy system. It works well. And it has had no controversy that I can recall except one instance.

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…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

John Dingell was the floor manager. He wrote the preface for this book.