Mark Pryor

We recognize that in many ways you are underresourced, and you have a backlog of older ships that you are trying to update or replace.

There are these reports about plumes of oil underwater.

It is easy for us to think of oil that washes up on the shore, and on the beaches.

I want to thank you and Senator Collins for leading the effort on this.

We are concentrating on two things. First is to get this leak stopped and get it cleaned up; and, second, we as a responsible party are going to deal with economic impacts.

I do have a concern--and I know a lot of others do as well--about the impact this will have on sea creatures.

Our intention is to cover all legitimate claims associated with this incident.

But is it safe to say that the environmental consequences of this spill may go on for years?

The law says that BP is the responsible party, and you have confirmed that today, and I appreciate that.

What would happen to all this oil in a hurricane?

I wish to thank my colleague from the State of Maine. She has been a great leader in small business matters. She and I serve on the Small Business Committee together, and we have been working for, I guess, 3 years now on the Regulatory…

It is with a heavy heart that today I honor LCpl. Richard R. Penny from Greenland, AR, and pay tribute to his life and service to our country. Lance Corporal Penny was a machine gunner assigned to the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment…

Our manned spaceflight program is at a real crossroads.

Senator Nelson of Florida is really without peer when it comes to looking after NASA's interest.

Your commitment to improving the way the country carries out disaster recovery has just been second to none.

I don't think it is an exaggeration to say that when our Founding Fathers laid out article III of the Constitution, they had people such as Price Marshall in mind. He is smart. He is hard-working. He is a family man. He is involved in his…

I would just like to make a plea that we, as a society, and that the government and the industry, not ignore the needs of the Nation's teenagers.

I would support broad legislation to protect all consumers, based on a framework of fair information principles.

The FTC should include in its current review an analysis of how well parents are able to rely on the current parental verification mechanisms.

Are there studies out there, where people have really analyzed, maybe the child psychology or, how the industry really operates?

And how do parents find out about that?

Government should do for people what people can't do for themselves.

But, that's the main legislative recommendation I would make: create some legal protections for teenagers.

Thank you for your leadership.

I'm not a--personally, I'm not a huge Internet user.