with all due respect to my colleague, who I have the utmost admiration for, Senator Menendez and others that are calling...
The people of Louisiana and the Gulf Coast want to know and have confidence that BP is going to do everything that they ...
I am assuming that BP is going to step up, as they have said, and cover all of these costs.
It is important that we get this right because it has a major impact on how these wells are drilled around the world.
I hope that we will get answers to the questions that you asked in your opening statement, and I thought that they were ...
I hold the Federal Government responsible for continuing to issue permits for deep-water drilling without demanding that...
I think, for us to try to be as clear as we can be about how people might actually receive assistance.
I support the President's 30-day look. I most certainly support tighter controls over deep-water wells.
We are prepared, they say, to pay above $75 million on these claims, and we will not seek reimbursement from the U.S. Go...
I wanted to make sure that the Small Business Administration here as part of our Federal system was as strong as it coul...
I think it is necessary to do something so that mayors and governors--and so, Mayor, let me ask you.
from my perspective, it is clearly not working when it comes to these mega-disasters.
I think managing the expectations of what the Federal Government is going to do versus what the State is going to do ver...
Well, I think it is a very important question to answer because it is just so troubling.
Thank you, Senator Landrieu, for your steadfast commitment to the complete recovery of all the Gulf Coast States from th...
I generally agree with that, but I will say that I think there needs to be some understanding of some of these contained...
I am very happy to conduct this hearing this afternoon to focus on continued reform of the Stafford Act.
I mean, on one hand, I understand about not having these classifications so tightly drawn that you limit flexibility in ...
