Ken Salazar: “The answer to that is yes because it is much easier to deal with these kinds of issues in shallower water than in deep…”

I disagree very much with my friend Senator Landrieu in terms of the overhaul on the oil and gas industry in America's oceans.

On Carcieri it is high priority to get it fixed.

We can do as much as we can to minimize the risk, and we certainly have done that, I believe, in the Gulf of Mexico.

I do strongly believe the economic statistics which you use are absolutely correct.