Frank Pallone actually said...

"Preventable incidents still occur and we must do everything in our power to ensure our national pipeline network is as safe as possible."

"A major overarching problem with the Federal pipeline safety program is that it takes the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration--PHMSA--too long to finalize congressional mandates."

"I have no intention of allowing a pipeline safety bill to be used as a vehicle for stifling legitimate dissent and protest."

"So for all of those reasons, of course this rule steps into the relationship between a patient and a provider."