But here we are trying to reduce the size of government, and you are expanding it.

The accident that happened on April 20, 2010 was an economic, environmental, and human tragedy that cannot be minimized or forgotten.

Information technology is the most important element in driving Social Security to deliver 21st century customer service. Taxpayers are investing in a $500 million upgrade and they will not tolerate cost overruns or further delays in…

The health care law cuts Medicare payments to hospitals by more than $150 billion according to our estimates.

As we talk about trade deals, I guess my question to you, Madam Secretary, is that, is there a way to evaluate or to inform us of, for example, South Korea and their port security?

How safe are our rigs? Give me an assessment on, for example, our LOOP, which supplies a lot of oil and stuff for the rest of the country.

So you just take their word for it if they say it won't have $100 million impact?

It has cost up to 12,000 jobs that our economy has lost because of that action.

That was in the 30-day safety report that came out.

I think you probably know that the IRS Commissioner, Douglas Shulman, does not file his own taxes in part because he believes the Tax Code is too complex.

That means to me that the average American can't fathom this Tax Code and we need to do something to fix it.

The shocking announcement tonight, the latest on that, how she's coping. Her estranged husband, John Edwards, now at her side.

Well, no, and in fact the inspector general's report confirms that the decision to impose this drilling moratorium was based on manipulated data by the administration.

I want to see is the administration come clean. Because Anderson, the administration has acknowledged over 12,000 people have lost their jobs due to this moratorium.

Well, that's at the heart of the question. Because when the 30-day report came out by the president's scientific experts, the report's final conclusion led people to believe that it was the scientists themselves who recommended the…

Well, and I appreciate that they're going to take the administration at their word, but it's not our job to take the administration at their word when there are real documents that are out there that they haven't released yet.

There have been a sizable number of subpoenas issued.

I share the sentiments of Senator Landrieu that at least 80 percent of the disaster penalties be dedicated to coastal restoration efforts.