It is important that you have your own independent funding sources in order to be able to do an accurate assessment.
I think you have a particularly important role in the view of protecting the public interest.
I would ask that this Committee be kept informed as those decisions are being made.
Are you concerned by the reports that BP is hiring a significant amount of academic talent under nondisclosure agreements?
To get this right you have to have an accurate assessment going in.
So we can't leave our fate in the hands of big oil. And that is why I am going to continue to insist that we place a permanent ban on offsho...
The tragedy in the Gulf has confirmed beyond a shadow of a doubt that offshore drilling has inherent dangers.
Let's be clear. Even as we take every step possible to clean up this spill and protect the environment and wildlife, we simply cannot wait f...
On April 20 of this year the BP Deepwater Horizon exploded and began this Nation's greatest manmade environmental disaster.
BP and its partners are responsible for repairing this environmental destruction, in addition to the economic devastation they caused.
Senator Menendez's bill, S. 3305, that this Committee adopted, will make sure that BP is legally bound to honor its pledge to pay 'all legit...
The current $75 million limit on oil spill liability damages represents but a small fraction of the actual economic and environmental costs.
But I think it is important for us to get an early assessment as to the range in which we are talking about.
Let me interrupt you at this point because we are down to--oh, Senator Merkley has arrived.
I think seeing first-hand is critically important to try to at least comprehend the magnitude of what you are going through.
I want to make sure that our assessments are as transparent and open as possible today.
If the reported numbers are correct, we know that according to the testimony here today, BP has already agreed to somewhere around $45 milli...
This Committee, the Subcommittee as well as the full Committee, will be monitoring this as one of our highest priorities to make sure we get...
