John McCain

I understand that. The answer I guess is no.

So there are other entities, including two who refused to testify here today, that may have some liability.

The disaster should provide many lessons for all of us, including the Administration and Congress, including a reminder that the Jones Act should be repealed.

So, obviously, even though this is the 57th or 58th day, you still have not sorted out the liability issue of the various entities who were associated with the rig. Is that a correct statement?

I think we ought to get some readout of the liability here.

And where should that come from?

Have you got a guess as to whether $20 billion is sufficient?

What would be wrong with going ahead and paying that, and then if you can prove gross negligence or willful misconduct from BP, you would then get that money back?

Has your company set aside any funds?

When we are talking about the extent of the costs here, which, as we all know, are unprecedented, I think that should be sorted out fairly quickly so that we can expedite the claims for all the reasons that I do not have to explain.

In your statement, you mentioned that in 2007 you identified areas which further attention to the liability limits appear warranted.

The Oil Spill Liability Fund, henceforth known as 'the fund,' that is clearly going to be exhausted.

And here we are talking about considerably more.

Right now, General, we are sounding an uncertain trumpet to our friends and our enemies.

I hope that it's heard in the Oval Office and in the Vice President's office, because your statement seems to contradict what the President of the United States continues to say.

You are one of America's greatest heroes and we're glad you're recovered and we look forward to seeing you again tomorrow.

It's more important we get it right than we get it fast.

Will conditions on the ground indicate that we will begin a withdrawal, in the words of the Vice President: 'July 2011, you're going to see a whole lot of people moving out. Bet on it.'

The best way to achieve a success is through a properly resourced counterinsurgency strategy backed by strong civil, military, and U.S.-Afghan partnerships.

It's time for the President to state unequivocally that we will stay in Afghanistan until we succeed.

I continue to worry a great deal about the message we are sending in the region about whether we're actually going to stay or not and whether we're going to do what's necessary to succeed, rather than set an arbitrary timeline.

I note here that the deployment of the 30,000 additional U.S. forces announced by President Obama last December and their equipment is slightly ahead of schedule.

I am deeply concerned about our campaign in Afghanistan. Many of the key trends seem to be heading in a bad direction, perhaps even signaling a mounting crisis.

I believe that winning the war in Afghanistan is a vital national security interest.

The importance of the APA, Arizona Power Authority's, role in allocating Arizona's share of Hoover power demands that its process be handled in an open and transparent manner.