Frank Lautenberg actually said...

despite the moratorium on offshore drilling, today's New York Times reports that BP is planning to move forward with a risky drilling projec...

Good afternoon, everyone. I want to welcome you, those who are here, to this hearing on pipeline safety.

This tragedy, this calamity that has taken place, puts us all on alert and we have to be much more careful.

We want to make sure that we have the tools on the government side to do what we have to do to ensure as much protection as possible.