We are going to get started. Mr. Larsen is en route.

We do have serious transportation problems in this country. Funding is a huge issue.

I think the polls are clear that Californians want a re-do.

I am just not for spending this money on high-speed rail lines that aren't going to be built.

That is why we need to focus there.

The hearing will come to order. Good morning.

I don't believe somebody sitting in Washington, DC, is better equipped or more dedicated than the folks at Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.

I think we would have something to fear from a national standard because I think that, as Secretary Krancer pointed out, it would be lowest common denominator.

The President's actions don't support. He talks about improving the environment for businesses and reducing regulations, but yet one of his agencies... are expanding their efforts and their regulatory reach into places like Pennsylvania.

The word that is out there... it is hysteria. Leading newspapers in America are putting out false information, or misinformation out there.

Marcellus shale is a tremendous opportunity, not only for Pennsylvania to create employment and to regain our stature in the States as one of the economic powerhouses in the United States.