I'm sympathetic to the concerns of our fishing community.
I think--overall, however, I think that a primary point is, 'the polluter pays' should be at the core of this.
So, whether the Congress moves to a $10-billion cap, as suggested by Senator Menendez and others, or the unlimited cap, as suggested by the ...
I couldn't agree with you more, the polluter should pay. BP should be--pay everything, as I've said; and if anyone else was at fault, they s...
That's good's to know, that not everybody in Louisiana is going to have hire an attorney.
I agree with you on that, that they're not sufficient.
I want to go back to this liability question, because Senator Menendez and others have recommended a cap, I think, for the whole offshore, b...
Oil is now also washing up on coastal beaches and wetlands.
I would be the absolute first to introduce legislation to correct what would clearly be a flawed system.
S. 3346 would amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act by enhancing penalties.
We visited Louisiana to inspect the disaster caused by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
I think that our fundamental starting point is that the polluter should pay.
I can assure you that what I saw yesterday certainly has reinforced my commitment to help make things right for all those, whose lives and t...
I commend Senator Menendez's leadership on this issue.
I think, we have all stated around this table here, in this committee room, with the CEO of BP in front of us, that we must hold, and we wil...
Where is the president? Does he not understand the magnitude of what is probably the worst environmental disaster in the country? And then w...
They are risking everything by this go-along-with-BP strategy they have. And it -- it seems, like, lackadaisical on this.
They are risking everything by this to 'go along with the BP' strategy they have. And it seems lackadaisical on this.
