"Jack Gerard" is the CEO of the American Petroleum Institute in Washington, DC.

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The public sector should set and enforce the homeland security standards that the private sector must meet.

Our reserves are the world's largest, giving us, conservatively, an estimated 250-year supply.

It's time to give the [Department of Homeland Security] the necessary regulatory authority that will ensure the entire chemical sector -- a critical part of our national infrastructure -- is adequately protected.