What interim safety measures are you going to require while you study the issue?

it is much more dangerous to do this in the United States than it is to do it in Europe for the same companies.

Even though you are not familiar with the safety recommendations of the BP Commission, you are ready to say that it is safe and people should go out there.

Do you think the United States should have safety standards as high as the rest of the world?

I am saying the highest standards, not the lowest.

Why do people have to die at four times the rate?

We can just go across, would you support legislation that raised the safety standards in the United States to those of the other countries in the world which were mentioned in the BP Commission?

So if this Congress does not pass that kind of legislation would your constituents be unhappy, Ms. Randolph?

somebody needs to send a message, and you can send it as we can send it to these industries...

I think all of us, you know, can understand the frustrations that Colin and a lot of his friends and family and others are feeling.

this new government represents some change from the past

Assad's calls for dialogue and reform ring hollow, he refuses to lead a genuine democratic transition and he should step aside.

The President's position on this issue is stated in his April 23rd Armenian Remembrance Day statement, wherein he has solemnly remembered the events of 1915, and noted that 1.5 million Armenians were massacred or marched to their deaths.

Our foreign policy is also about opportunities for the United States in engaging with the world.

My prediction is that this will strengthen our cooperation on these kinds of issues.

The guilty verdict in the second trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev raises serious questions about the apparent selective application of the law.

We need to do much more to stand up for the rights of religious minorities.

The peoples of the Americas have a right to democracy, and our governments have an obligation to promote and defend it.