Bill Pascrell: “this is an insult to our intelligence. Let us put our cards on the table; let us say it the way it is. This legislation…”

“this is an insult to our intelligence. Let us put our cards on the table; let us say it the way it is. This legislation that we have just received from the Senate requires no periodic inspections. It requires zilch. Number two, the people who do the inspections do not even have to be trained. Now, who are we kidding? Who are we really kidding on this legislation? This is a disgrace. There are 2.2 million miles of pipeline in this country. And if my colleagues think this is going to help us, other than helping the pipeline companies, they are dead wrong and others are dead in the past 10 years. My colleagues have heard the statistics. This is an insult that my colleagues would think that this is pipeline safety. Who are my colleagues doing their bidding for? I have always stood up here with congeniality, but if my colleagues think this is going to help pipeline safety when these pipelines go into people's houses and through dormitories, do my colleagues know what we are now leading to? We are leading to a moratorium on pipelines until we get our own act together, and I do not care who supports it. We should vote this down.”