Timothy H. Bishop: “If I may quickly respond to my friend from Texas. He characterizes the Long Island Sound as a remote area. That is…”

“If I may quickly respond to my friend from Texas. He characterizes the Long Island Sound as a remote area. That is incorrect. There are approximately 10 million people who live within a 50-mile radius of the Long Island Sound. I don't think that would fall within any reasonable description of a remote area. Secondly, the Energy Policy Act which my friend from Texas cites strips local government of the right to have a say in whether or not we site facilities of this type within areas. This is an effort on our part to assert some local control. Every elected official on both sides of the aisle that has responsibility for this region opposes this facility, as does the vast majority of the population. With that, I would like to yield the balance of my time to my friend from Connecticut, Congresswoman DeLauro. The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gentlewoman from Connecticut is recognized for 1 minute. Ms. DeLAURO. I thank the gentleman and applaud his leadership. Remote areas, 11 miles off the coast of Connecticut, 9 miles off the coast of New York. The LNG Broadwater facility, actually, the proposal, is a vessel roughly the size of the Queen Mary. One week after passing the interior bill which dedicated $1.8 million to cleaning up the Long Island Sound, we are now going to place this vessel in the Long Island Sound. Also, a 25-mile pipeline through the middle of what is prime ground for lobstering and for fishing.…”