Political Quotes

“The thing here, if you would yield for a moment, is where do you stand? With whom do you stand? What side are you on? We just heard an extraordinary rendition of falsehoods, in my view, from the Republican side here that somehow this blowout, this BP accident was the fault of the Federal Government. Hello. Well, the regulations that they were so excoriating are absolutely necessary to prevent this kind of thing from happening. In fact, the regulations that were relaxed during the George W. Bush administration allowed this company to proceed with minimum safety requirements. And we heard this talk about the governor of Louisiana, and a State that is heavily impacted and tragically impacted by this oil. What is their response plan? Pointing fingers at the Federal Government, which the governor is doing. And at the same time, what is the response plan for Louisiana? It's virtually nonexistent. The State of California, where I come from, we have a heavy duty response program that goes back 20 years. We make the oil industry pay for it. Does Louisiana have such a program? No, they don't. But they are willing to point a finger. Let's take a look. What is this?”