Our airspace has to manage commercial airliners from Newark Liberty, emergency response, and sightseeing helicopters.

When I ask my questions, I would just like to clarify the Rear Admiral's response to my colleague's question on had things changed? She said, yes, they had changed. She did not say they got worse.

Yes, that is the unfortunate position you are in, irrespective of what you do, people are always going to want more.

Improving safety means preventing incidents.

The safe transmission of carbon dioxide to sequester locations is vital to meeting our carbon reduction goals, and I want to make sure this can be implemented without delay.

We must learn lessons from these incidents as well as the Denbury incident in Satartia, Mississippi, the Beta Offshore incident in San Pedro Bay, California, and the Freeport LNG incident in Quintana Island.

The safe operation of pipelines is vital to protect both our energy needs and the communities these pipelines run through.

Would you recommend that the committee extend the Technology Pilot Program as mandated by Sec. 104 of the PIPES Act of 2020?

This has been followed by additional Norfolk Southern derailments in southeast Michigan and Springfield, Ohio.

Can you please share with us how PHMSA is using lessons learned from this incident to inform your ongoing carbon dioxide rule development?

I share many of Councilmember Williams' views and as Ranking Member, I will ensure that this Committee's work to reauthorize the PIPES Act of 2020 puts safety at the forefront of every policy decision.

Putting safety first means greater oversight and accountability of the activities of pipeline operators.