"I just hope that we could all guard against this and keep in mind that we have something to do."
"Anyone who has the responsibility for not having done what they said they were going to do, whether that is the private companies that were involved, including BP and others, or whether it was people ..."
"We must contain the spill and protect the Gulf Coast and the people who live there."
"I felt at that time that that is premature, as the President stated also."
"Senator Menendez's bill, S. 3305, would amend the OPA. He may not know it, but his bill is a big help for big oil companies, such as BP."
"It might come as a surprise to some people in this room, but I want to commend President Obama for his speech on the oil spill last Friday."
"Unfortunately, I'm afraid that this spill has occasioned some fatally misguided legislation, which will make us more dependent on foreign oil."
"I hope we will do both."
"These efforts were out there, and you have been, does that imply, that would imply to me that you have been complying with the recommendations that the MMS had?"
"I still stand by the statement that I would rather you go ahead and get that done. Then the blame game can take place later."
"They show up on our drilling rigs regularly, unannounced, they conduct thorough inspections of the drilling rigs."
"I agree with you that our prayers are with the families and loved ones that were lost."
"I believe their actions made America more dependent on foreign oil, from countries that have few environmental restrictions."
"I implied, and I really believe that you guys, your time would be better spent right now down there trying to contain this mess than it is up here at hearings."
"We will also discuss the concept of ocean acidification."
"But once it starts rolling up on those beaches, in Panama City and those white beaches, in Alabama and Mississippi and New Orleans, then the outrage is going to go into political pressure to get somet..."
"I believe, enormously difficult, and it could go on, as some of the previous speakers mentioned, it could exceed Exxon Valdez."
"This source is continuing to gush out at 5,000 barrels a day. And that impact, none of us will really know, can fully understand."
