Is that argument to be made that the dispersants have more of a cosmetic effect by making it no longer visible on the surface than an actual benefit environmentally in the long run?

the worst effect for humankind of the carbon pollution of our planet may very well prove to be ocean acidification.

We want them to succeed. But, if they fail, then you're on to a new delivery system.

I think that is very sound because I think we will anticipate for good reasons and sincere reasons there could be different perspectives, and there has to be an action-forcing device.

I want to commend Senator Wicker and my colleagues for raising the issue of Secretary Gates's speech.

I think the hearing has indicated that you gentlemen and the regulators have a lot of work to do, and we have got a lot of work to do.

Markets Crash, Close, May Not Open, which might be a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Based on that, and again, I want your comments, is that you cannot assure us that this problem would have been self-correcting given the market mechanism in place, is that a fair judgment?

We don't want to cut ourselves short on R&D, because we want to get it right.

One could suggest that with all these good things happening in Spider and the self-correcting logics, had suddenly the government of Greece announced that it was suspending all of its payments, those things would have been, I think, might…

We are still left, I think, based on your testimony, with the conclusion that we are not quite sure what was the decisive precipitating course.

This week the Senate is on the verge of making fundamental and urgently needed changes to reform Wall Street and protect consumers and investors.

But, it just strikes me that this is a cost to our land forces who are engaged in Afghanistan and Iraq, that some of the skills that they would need for non-counterinsurgency are not being exercised a lot.

Let me just raise a point that I would like to make, or at least to put on the table...

We have to ensure it's the right path, because we won't get a restart opportunity.

I think it's a very sensible program and that we have to follow through.

We can't be alarmist, but we have to be very sort of tough minded about what potential problems exist there.

don't we need some more regular, systematic...review of the rules but consistent rules that are derived by joint rulemaking?