Political Quotes

“Mr. President, British Petroleum has just announced that it has conceded that the amount of oil gushing from the floor of the Gulf of Mexico is much more than what they admitted several weeks ago. You will recall that they first said it was gushing about 1,000 barrels a day. They then revised that up to 5,000 barrels a day. All along they refused the entreaties of Senator Boxer and me to release the video that is being done by the little remote submersibles that are down there in two places: at the wellhead where the broken pipe is partially broken, at the wellhead 5,000 feet below the surface, and at the other end of that pipe that used to go up to the surface with the rig that sank but is now lying on the floor of the ocean. At the end of that pipe called the riser is where additional oil is coming out. I am happy to tell you Senator Boxer and I just announced that we now have gotten BP to release the live feed of those remote submersibles, and we should be able to go on any number of sites and see this live-- those two places: at the wellhead and at the end of the riser pipe. When you look at it, what you should note is--and why BP has now publicly admitted, and AP just moved the story--that they concede the amount gushing out is much more than 5,000 barrels a day. That is obvious when you see the live feed. Now, in addition, they released to Senator Boxer and me--and I want to hear from her in just a second.…”