Barbara Boxer actually said...

"I think it is very reasonable to expect that you ought to consider raising that liability for economic damage to at least $10 billion."

"So, let us just say the well owner does not do it. Do you feel you have any responsibility to urge them to do it given what did happen in Australia?"

"we cannot have a world where people say one thing before they get a permit and then just act like they never said it."

"We need dollars right now in the Gulf States to mitigate and prevent this oil from doing tremendous environmental and economic harm."