Joseph Lieberman actually said...

long after it is stopped, the people, the communities, the State and local governments of Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida will ...

we have to, when we start talking about this, acknowledge that there have been thousands of wells dug, and the safety record overall is an i...

the Minerals Management Service did not require adequate safety and response measures from the oil companies at deepwater level.

this is now the worst catastrophe of its kind that we have ever faced.