This is the Government's responsibility to respond to the spill.
Big Oil makes so much in profit every month--they can afford to pay for their recklessness.
This amendment is critical to addressing the abuses of the card companies' fees and rules.
I want to put the oil executives here on notice: We will not accept any answer from you that smacks of something like the check is in the ma...
Polluters--not taxpayers--should pay these government expenses.
When you make a mess, you have to pay to clean it up--it's that simple.
Americans are fed up with hollow words, false assurances and broken promises.
Now is the time to assess the Federal Government's response and make sure we are doing everything we can to protect the health of Gulf Coast...
Thank you, Chairman Harkin and Ranking Member Enzi, for convening this very important hearing.
As Federal agencies spring to action, I urge them to keep in mind the vulnerability of the Gulf Coast population.
We are letting the rules, the regulations, the contractors, and BP stand in the way of us saving our coastline.
We will lose more coastline from this disaster in Louisiana than we lost with Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Gustav, and Ike combined.
let us not make this in any way political. This is a national disaster.
I also want to acknowledge the leadership of Senator Lieberman.
That was an absolute insult. Does anybody really believe we are going to wipe every blade of grass to clean it off?
the berms that are in place now are there because basically the President directed that they be built
I think the scope outlined by you and the Ranking Member are right on point about what our Subcommittee should be focused on in this hearing...
the Coast Guard is the military, so this is an issue that we have to discuss
