It stunned me that the emergency response plan, as I understand it, didn't include plans for the blowout preventer to fail...

It is time for us to get to work again on pipeline safety.

Thank you for doing this hearing. I think the issue of pipeline safety is a very important one.

I think that also speaks to the importance of the legislation I have introduced, which would give us more research.

I hope that you move forward in that other area as aggressively as you can, because I don't really see much hope that Congress is going to act aggressively on this.

Mr. President, the Senate Rules Committee held another important hearing today to review yet another example of how the Senate rules are abused. I want to thank Chairman Schumer again for holding these hearings--they have been invaluable…

In Senate, 'Motion to Proceed' Should Be Non-Debatable.

Mr. President, I would like to add two bills for the previously announced hearing scheduled before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The hearing will be held on Thursday, June 24, 2010, at 9:30 a.m., in room SD-366 of…

Today we are looking into the issue of how to accelerate deployment of electric vehicles...

Mr. President, today I am pleased to introduce the Outer Continental Shelf Reform Act of 2010. This act takes a number of important steps to ensure that the Outer Continental Shelf will be managed in a balanced, prudent, and vigilant way…

Mr. President, I would like to announce for the information of the Senate and the public that the hearing scheduled before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources previously announced for June 24, 2010, at 9:30 a.m., has been…

I am a big supporter of ARPA-E, for example. I mean, I am a big believer.

I want to thank you for holding the hearing because, as we move down the road, hopefully with the energy bill...

The President has talked about having a million electric vehicles on the roads by 2015 in this country.

I am really pleased with this legislation. It is bipartisan. I think it will move us in the right direction.

This legislation is not written in stone. I mean, it needs to be changed here and there.

The manmade disaster unfolding in the Gulf provides an obvious reason to reduce our reliance on oil.

I want to express our appreciation for this Committee's ongoing support for electric drive and recognition of its role in a cleaner, more secure transportation future.