Feinstein to testify on gas pipeline safety

Today, U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) will testify during a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on gas pipeline safety.

The hearing — hosted by the committee’s Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and Security Committee — is being held in response to the San Bruno pipeline explosion and other recent accidents.

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