Bill Nelson actually said...

"Well, the greatest nightmare, with this storm approaching, is that it takes this oil on the surface of the Gulf and blows it over the barrier islands into the bays and the estuaries."

"Congress is ready to crackdown on the government's buddy-buddy relationship with the oil industry."

"It's shown the public how little control our drilling regulators exercised over Big Oil."

"As we grapple with the results of loosely regulated drilling, we must look ahead to make sure a catastrophe like the Deepwater Horizon spill never happens again."