It is imperative that we receive testimony from the top executives at these companies as this Committee evaluates the findings and recommend...
I want to reiterate what Congressman Markey said. There has never been a program like the Gulf Coast Claims Facility.
I have been quite critical of BP for many things associated with this spill, but here I believe the company did the right thing.
I think that we have to do better by the shrimpers.
Everybody has a right to litigate.
Mr. Markey. I see. Mr. Chairman, Mr. Feinberg is from Brockton, Massachusetts, the home of Rocky Marciano, and while he doesn't shy away fro...
I know of no case in history--I can't think of one--where a company voluntarily put up $20 billion to resolve claims.
I think that the Administration frankly, just as the Bush Administration was able to promulgate this 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund 10 years ...
This is a huge, unprecedented science experiment that took place at BP's hands dumping all the chemicals in with the oil.
If it continues past 2013, my understanding in the law is that after 2013 all of this money goes back to BP.
The key word there is voluntary, and this is voluntary.
I fail to see how any of these statutes gives the President the authority to create regional zoning plans.
the President's Executive Order creates a new federal bureaucracy that requires regional plans to be created whether states want it or not
I have asked the Administration for the specific statutory authority that allows the President, by Executive Order, to create Regional Plann...
The ten-year rebuilding plan was arbitrary in nature.
I praise President Bush for implementing that. I embrace President Bush's goals on this.
Once again, scientists have confirmed that global warming is real.
It was President Reagan who declared that the United States has exclusive rights to the resources of the Exclusive Economic Zone.
