"We have asked for a significant increase in the number of inspectors even in these tough budget times in the last 2 years."
"Opening Statement of Senator Dianne Feinstein"
"We know that we have problems and we know this is difficult because this is without precedent."
"We are going to do that with the request to this Congress for a robust increase in what we are able to do with respect to enforcement and inspections."
"I fully support the moratorium and hope you do reimpose it as quickly as possible."
"I thank Chairman Feinstein for holding this important hearing today and I hope that Secretary Salazar will remember our efforts to investigate MMS corruption while he was in the Senate, and will work ..."
"Now, that is clearly woefully inadequate."
"We are beginning to do that. We have not set a date for the markup yet, but the work is now beginning."
"I am concerned that the meager increase in appropriations that the administration has requested for fiscal year 2011 will not be inadequate to address the challenges the MMS faces, especially this nee..."
"I think for all intents and purposes, the pressure is going to be enormous to go back to business as usual."
"To the best of my knowledge, there is no technology today that can absolutely prevent and give the public the general assurance that nothing as dire is ever going to happen again."