Americans are fed up with hollow words and false assurances and broken promises.

Thank you.

I want to see some denials because I want to understand it, because certainly when we start getting claims, if we get any, we will have the internal controls to make sure there is no waste, fraud, or abuse.

Do you find comfort in a $20 billion independent fund? That seems like a lot of money.

All right. Thank you.

I am not quick enough on my feet to be able to figure out what percent of $20 billion $27 million would be, but it has got to be a small percentage.

BP is paying the Federal Government, has stated that they want to continue to do that.

The important thing to note is that the taxpayers are being paid.

We are going to change that law, and we are going to start working on it very seriously probably on the Senate floor next week.

I would say the $20 billion that the President got in an agreement with BP last night is--I would say it is a very good assurance to the American people that BP intends to stay in this for the duration.

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