an allegation that related to the construction of the keystone pipeline, including weak foreign steedoyle, and also it cracked when the workers tried to wield it, and adequate foundations for pump stations and other improper construction practices. he said that safety tests were, quote, fudged. so my concern is, we really need an active regulator to review standards to make sure they're adequate for these pipelines, and we need to make sure we're not cutting corners when and if we do this. i'd rather try to prevent environmental damage before it happens by constructing this right than to have to go back in and remediate the damage and to shut down the pipeline on a temporary basis. so i think this amendment is very sensible and i hope everybody votes for it. i'll yield back the rest of my time to ms. eschew. >> i thank this gentlewoman from colorado for her confidence and for yielding the balance of her time to me. this is going to be the very first time that this large of a pipeline is to be built, i think, coming right down the middle of our country transporting diluted bitumen. it seem