Ted Poe: “as far as I know there has not been any major problems. We know we have had these two hurricanes and with very little…”

“as far as I know there has not been any major problems. We know we have had these two hurricanes and with very little environmental impact with the offshore rigs. The refineries are built very, very well. The refineries knew that the hurricanes were coming. They started burning the fuel that was in the pipe so there would not be any pipe disasters. Just to mention as a side note, one-third of the pipelines in the United States go right through my congressional district. They go to all parts of the United States, but one-third are through that congressional district. It is all very highly concentrated, but we can proceed with a safe energy policy. And like I said, the American public has to make that decision, and I hope they make the right decision which would be that we become more self-sufficient on energy.”