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The failure of companies who knowingly refused to implement the necessary safeguards to prevent this disaster, and it was a failure of governmental policies and regulators that did not apply the proper oversight.
It is in everyone's best interest, including industry, to not let this happen again.
It is not to debate whether one supports or opposes offshore drilling. It is to make sure that we don't let this happen again.
The blowout was not the product of decisions made by a rogue industry or government officials.
The legislation Democrats introduced today creates a permanent scientific group.
This is not just Louisiana's problem. This is America's problem.
The Deep Water Horizon tragedy has taught us that such development involves a highly complex interplay of technologies and human decisions.
Congress must take action, do our part to prevent the disasters like this from happening again.
Here is a piece of legislation where we were talking about inmigrant children--through no fault of their own; they were probably brought in as tiny babies--who have grown up in the United States and have reached the age of adulthood and…
I thank the Senator. We see our good friend, Senator Alexander from Tennessee, has arrived, and we very much appreciate that. I say to Senator Alexander, one of the things we have been discussing--and Senator Merkley had a chart and had…
That is correct. So what we are doing today--and I know Senator Merkley has introduced a freestanding proposal on the talking filibuster, and we have joined together; I have also signed on to that--we have S. Res. 10, filed on January 5…
I say to Senator Harkin, one of the things that happened to us right at the end of the Congress was when we had a vote on a piece of legislation called the DREAM Act. I believe the majority had 55 votes for the DREAM Act.
Then it is transparent, then if you as a Senator on the Klamath Basin want to do something, you can go to that Senator--whoever it is--and say: I have an issue with my State. Can we work together to try to work it out? Right now the…
I am going to move on to the third section of S. Res. 10, which is the right to offer amendments. As Senator Merkley knows very well and our Presiding Officer, one of the big issues around here--and this is getting into a little bit of the…
Madam President, I ask unanimous consent Tim Woodbury, my law clerk, be granted the privilege of the floor for the duration of this debate. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________
The fourth provision--and I think the Senator is very right on section 3, but section 4 is the issue of extended debate, and I would like to have the Senator talk about that issue because that is the issue on which you worked the most…
that's not a good thing. That hurts our economy, hurts job creation and the like.