Sen. Paul ends ‘hold’ on pipeline safety bill

Paul said the amendment “looks at the older pipelines and says if there is no history of them having a pressure test, then a pressure test has to be done. That would have actually detected San Bruno’s problem before the accident.”

Feinstein said she worked with Paul and that it’s a “good amendment.”

“It should pass tonight,” she said of the overall bill.

Paul had been preventing quick Senate action on the bill, which unanimously cleared the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee in May, expressing concern that a bill creating new regulations would sail through the chamber without enough discussion.

We have more on the bill and Paul’s concerns here and here.

This story was updated at 6:11 p.m.