The Incident Command has known that they have Navy skimmers in ports, over 40 around the country. But only six have been requested.

Not yet. But I expect to, because we need to preposition a surge capability that, when they would have to move out of the way of the storm, and before they could get back attached, all that extra oil going into the Gulf, we need extra…

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.

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.

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

Mr. President, in my at least weekly report to the Senate about what is happening down on the Gulf Coast, I am sad to report to you that as of this moment, one of the remote operating vehicles has bumped into that top hat process that was…

If I may finish the sentence--why should we not allow any kind of future devastation by a company to have the same liability? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Oklahoma.

Madam President, the oil is relentlessly moving east in the Gulf of Mexico. A week and a half ago it hit Perdido Pass. That is in Perdido Bay. A week ago it hit Pensacola Pass. It is in Pensacola Bay. You ought to see what it looks like…

In the NPR, a whole bunch of warheads in the queue for dismantlement, and that number will increase under the START reductions.

So you feel reasonably confident that you have the facilities and the skills in order to handle this reduction?