"It is our shared responsibility to fully examine this catastrophe and apply what we learn to prevent future incidents and loss of life."
"When DHS was first launched, we worked very closely to sit down and really work on a common issue of securing the chemical industry."
"More regulations are not the answer, but rather communication, understanding compliance, and enforcement of the established regulations already in place."
"There were clear missed opportunities to avoid this tragedy or minimize the impact."
"The State and Federal regulatory agencies with oversight responsibilities for the West, Texas facility must understand they could have done better."
"Well, I--one thing we wanted, we would like to get is, get authorization, a multi-year authorization, for DHS."
"If you look at the West, Texas incident this was a local issues that had a National impact."
"Well, we have been behind chemical security regulations and focused on DHS, getting them as the authorized agency so we get some clarity around the whole security process."
"For us to have a strategic retreat would still cost the taxpayers another billion dollars."
"the taxpayers are on the hook to the State of South Carolina for at least a million dollars a day, up to $100 million for the delay of the completion of this project."
"the pressure on small businesses will only increase."