"Runoff puts more oil pollution in our waters. Tankers put more oil pollution in our waters. Seepage is responsible for more."
"We have to co-exist with all of those, don't we?"
"We are talking about jobs for Americans today. We are talking about energy for the entire country of the United States of America, not just for one region."
"I'm going to try to remember this entire saga the next time I'm asked to vote for a huge Federal expansion or a huge Federal solution to problems that might exist out there in the United States of Ame..."
"Please do that, and is there any reason why we couldn't do chemical testing there at the Pascagoula facility also?"
"I have to agree with my colleague, Senator Snowe, about the bureaucratic cumbersomeness of the response."
"Is there more capacity at Pascagoula for more sensory testing, if we could get the work to them?"
"As Senator Cantwell said, we're seeing the same technologies we had in the Exxon Valdez, but there have been improvements on the margins."
"I am very pleased to join my senior Senator, Senator Cochran, in wholeheartedly endorsing the nomination of Carlton Reeves for the position of U.S. district court judge."
"This is a very important topic, which deserves and requires continuing research and investigation if we are to keep up with the ever-changing Internet."
"I think, Ambassador Holbrooke, you have answered a lot of questions today."
"We are in Afghanistan because of 9/11."
"The results could be catastrophic, as they were earlier because we walked away."
"If we can accept a process where 100 percent of the oil is taken out of the water and only... the water that is put back in only contains 1 or 2 percent, then, to me, you have a 98 percent or 99 perce..."
"I appreciate Mrs. Roshto and Mrs. Anderson being here today. It is under very unfortunate circumstances."
"I think everyone here would agree that you're entitled to equal treatment under the law."
"As news of the drilling operation's safeguards omitted in the lead up to this tragic explosion come to light, I grow more and more troubled at the negligence exhibited by the responsible parties in th..."
"It seems astonishing to most people, but environmental statutes sometimes are preventing us from cleaning up the water."
