You have to first demonstrate that you deploy those dollars efficiently to get things done.

Pipeline safety reauthorization is one of the priorities of the committee and certainly of this subcommittee, and I look forward to moving it forward with Chairman Denham and Ranking Member Capuano.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I understand that PHMSA is currently undergoing reorganization to become more data driven in its rulemaking procedures, which is positive, and I hope to hear how that reorganization will help the agency carry out pipeline safety mission.

I want to welcome our colleagues, which I know each of you have great interest in pipeline safety and hazmat issues that we will deal with on this legislation.

That may be something we've got to look at putting in the statutes so that when you do post a change report, it comes to us, too, so that we can begin that review process.

The men and women that serve in our military in whatever capacity, we certainly appreciate what they do for our Nation to keep us safe and hopefully we keep them out of harm's way.

While at one point the draft schedules show the Chief's Report being signed January of 2015, no Chief's Report has been submitted at this time to Congress.

If we were able to do that, take them off budget, take them, make sure they only go for those purposes that they were intended, we'd be able to solve a lot of our problems when it comes to our harbors and waterways in this country.

Getting product in to develop it and getting product out is going to be critical.

That project means an awful lot to the economy of western Pennsylvania.