Bill Nelson actually said...

"Do you, looking back, believe that you had the military chain of command so that an order could be given and it would be carried out by all parties?"

"How did you get a unity of effort with BP petroleum when they had so much at interest that was contrary to your interests leading the effort?"

"Lord forbid that we should have another one of these. But if you're the Admiral in charge, which I assume you would be, if it's on your watch I think one of the major lessons learned from the BP oil s..."

"In the lessons learned from the Gulf oil spill, as applied to the Houston ship channel you just named--"