Rick Larsen: “Improving safety means preventing incidents. PHMSA needs to have the resources and staff to inspect pipelines, conduct…”

Depending on which actors develop these resources--and how--the Arctic could either challenge or accelerate the global transition to clean energy and transportation.

There's never been a more important time for the United States to maintain and expand its leadership in the Arctic.

The region is rich in natural resources including 90 billion barrels of undiscovered oil, 30 percent of the world's undiscovered natural gas and $1 trillion in rare earth minerals.

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Democrats are for bills that invest in job-creating infrastructure. We are against jamming through fiscally reckless bills that rip healthcare away from 13 million Americans and take food…