I think we have an obligation here to try to deal with people's expectation of privacy.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I don't like the sounds of what you describe, just to be very blunt about it.
I mean, back then, we didn't have a cell phone. Today, we have incredible technology around just using our phone and iPa...
I think tomorrow we're going to do some markup on it here in this committee, in the broader committee.
It seems to me that the baseline is going to be very, very constricted.
I don't like foreign oil--produces about $300 million a year for NOAA and Coast Guard and other activities.
You do not have enough money--I'm going to tell you that--from the research and the capacity to research and develop oil...
Senator Shelby, he is quite concerned about hurricanes and hurricane preparation.
Yes, because this is the first time that we have seen it applied directly at the source of the spill. Is that correct?
the seafood is safe regardless of where it comes from.
We need to know--we need to have that assurance that, in fact, these dispersants do what we hope they do and do not add ...
It's important to our business people, our restaurants, people who sell seafood, people who are the wholesale dealers.
In your opinion, is there enough evidence to suggest that it is, in fact, not worth it when you get that much closer int...
I think we do recognize that this is unprecedented, but we also recognize that we have been operating in offshore condit...
Is there anything internationally? Have the Norwegians done anything?
The research that has been done prior to Deepwater Horizon, has the research been focused equally on the volumes used or...
we're concerned about the use of dispersants or certainly the volume of the dispersants used