The answer to the first question is yes. I am not sure we have had the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. That would suggest why BP was so reluctant to release the video. Each step, it was like pulling teeth to get the…

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…

I rise to commemorate the 108th anniversary of Cuba's independence. On May 20, 1902, after a long and bitter struggle, the people of Cuba established a democratic Republic. Today, the Cuban people are again fighting for democratic change…

Our global economy is increasingly based on science and technology. To maintain U.S. economic competitiveness and leadership in innovation, we need to also have leadership in STEM education.

Isn't it interesting how all the different companies are pointing at each other now? And the real question is, Is it going to be the taxpayer who will pay for this or will the responsible parties? Why should someone say no to raising the…

I say to my colleagues on the Senate floor, my worst nightmare is becoming reality. Tar balls have been discovered, as reported by CNN, in Key West. Even if they are not the tar balls from this spill, since the spill is flowing southward…

Can you explain that? What is the toxicity, and what are the components that are so toxic?

So, the fact that you all were the operators of the blowout preventer and the drilling of the well, you consider that liability for economic loss not to be yours, but, rather, to be BP's.

this Senator wants to know what happened, as well, so it'll never happen again, because the consequences of this failure could be betting the store for my state

If that is severely damaged, or that coral reef is killed, how in the world are you going to pay for that economic loss?

Thank you very much.

you're going to see lawsuits like you've never seen before between the various entities, because this economic loss is going to skyrocket higher than our space program.