So, we need to figure out what we can do to inflict maximum pain, maximum punishment, to bleed Repsol of whatever resources they may have if there is a potential for a spill that will affect the U.S. coast.

My colleagues and I have introduced legislation that takes further steps in order to deter companies and individuals from entering into oil agreements with the Castro regime.

I urge my congressional colleagues to push the Obama administration to act in order to prevent new potential leaseholders from moving forward.

I think that is one of the failures we have to look at is that I do not think anyone was taking you very seriously. And it is sad that we have gotten to this point.

I have authored the Caribbean Coral Reef Protection Act, legislation that would sanction companies and individuals who aid the Castro brothers in their oil drilling activities.

When we talk about being prepared and having a pre-position of equipment, emergency response equipment, have we identified the type of equipment that we would need?

I just want to say that I sit on two committees, the Armed Services Committee and also the Small Business Committee. And when I think about the fact that 2 weeks ago the President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was visiting the nation of…

Are we not enforcing a system of property management, fiscal responsibility, for our commanders?

Could we institute, like I talked about, the weekly reconciliations or the 10-percent inventories?

I tell you if you get a chance to go over to talk to General Gordon Sullivan...

is this a way that we can maybe streamline so we don't have these valleys of death