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We lost one precious life and we all know that several others were hospitalized or injured.

We have to not only get to the bottom of what happened but make sure that we take steps to ensure it never happens again.

It's 2018 in the United States of America and nobody should be worried when they come home at night that their house is going to explode, nobody.

What I would urge you all to do is when a recommendation, even if you haven't finished the complete review, seems like there's an obvious recommendation out there, that state legislators could act on immediately, get that recommendation…

We are going to make the Merrimack Valley gas system safer than ever and we're going to be here working with you to meet these commitments.

So what you're telling us is that there are models out there that could be used that could help prevent this kind of incident from occurring?

We want to offer our deepest sympathies and condolences to the family of Leonel Rondon, the young man who died because of an explosion.

They are looking to their state and Federal governments to step up and make sure that we implement the rules that we have.

Why shouldn't the top of their agenda be, not to mention the top of Congress's agenda be, to implement this requirement as a matter of state regulation or state law?

According to a 2016 GAO report, PHMSA has not implemented one-third of its mandates.

Yes. So we're talking about computer programs. We're talking about new technology to help prevent this kind of incident and, of course, the new technology has to be protected by strong cybersecurity.