I fear there's a gap between the tone and the message that you gave us yesterday and what we are reading in the media about what's happening.

I rise to oppose the resolution offered by my friend from Alaska... This resolution would lead us in exactly the opposite direction.

I would say, finally, there is a path forward that allows Congress to act but does not reject the science of climate change. That path forward is a ``no'' vote on the resolution and a ``yes'' vote on comprehensive energy and climate…

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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 impressive one.

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

But I think it is a very important hearing because it is obvious to all of us that it has taken painfully long for the oil spill in the Gulf, Deepwater Horizon, to be stopped.

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

long after it is stopped, the people, the communities, the State and local governments of Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida will still be dealing with its consequences.

I applaud the administration's openness. But this speedy release of documents is not required by the current Presidential Records Act and might have been impossible under an Executive order issued by former President George W. Bush. That…

I certainly agree that too much reliance was put on the blowout preventer here.

I appreciate hearing that. And, again, it seems to me that we are experimenting because this is something unprecedented and I think unanticipated--by the regulatory process, anyway, the one that the Minerals Management Service imposed on…

the intention of Senator Collins and me to call the Minerals Management Service before our Committee

The private sector must accept responsibility for this failure in modern engineering.

But isn't it true that--and, Admiral, I welcome you to come in on this--those kinds of drills were not really to deal with a blowout in a deep-water well?

Surely, this catastrophe should prompt the Administration to reconsider that ill-conceived budget cut.

I believe the Administration is correct in calling for a halt to the approval of further drilling in deep waters.

I think the President was absolutely right last Friday to say this is not about who is responsible for paying.

I do think that understanding sub-sea intervention capability and having a plan is a model.

And as Senator Collins said, my understanding is that increasingly in the Gulf and elsewhere we are using deep-water wells.

I appreciate what you are doing now to contain the spill, and particularly, Secretary, what you are doing with Secretary Salazar to come up with a reform package.

Of course, the ominous note here--I appreciate hearing that--is that, as you said quite openly and directly, it could take 3 months.

I think we will need to look at what type of sub-sea intervention capability is planned or could be available.

I hope that you will take a close look at the special requirements for protection that it seems to me we now have all learned have to apply to deep-water drilling, including the blowout preventers, that I fear were not applied by MMS…

Presidents of both parties have failed to enforce the existing law.