Jeff Sessions actually said...

"When people have raised questions about whether or not it's safe to drill in the Gulf, I've made reference to them, and I'm under the impression we can depend on this technology."

"Did BP direct that the reverse procedure should be undertaken and ask the Minerals Management Service to alter the normal requirements"

"But that does not diminish the necessity that they work, does it?"

"The production of oil and gas off our shores is so important to this Nation and to our economy which most people probably don't fully recognize."