I have supported literally since 1992... a 2-year test drive for line-item veto power for the President.

I have opposed granting the President line-item veto authority to effectively reshape programs like Medicare and Medicaid, for this specific category, I support giving the President this additional tool.

I have always said on an idea of mine, if I cannot get 50 of my colleagues to vote with me for it in the U.S. Senate, then maybe we should not be spending that money.

If we look at our budget deficit that we face, from the years 2001 to 2008 we racked up as much new debt in those 8 years as we did in, I think, the previous 208 years of our Nation's history.

Mr. Chairman, thank you so much.

If this legislation is adopted--my hope is that it will--it would establish for the first time a national park in the State of Delaware.

They are not going to access the oil spill fund, nor will they take advantage of the $75 million liability cap.

Last week, you announced your intention to restructure MMS in order to establish a separate and independent safety environmental enforcement entity for oil drilling.

As a Vietnam veteran, I remember all too well the exposure not just to folks in Vietnam, but to our military personnel, the exposure to Agent Orange and the unanticipated consequence of health damages really to both groups.

The impacts of this oil spill on our ocean and our ecosystem may well be devastating.

I think there has been a proposal to lift that $1 billion to $1.5 billion.