George Lemieux: “I can't stress enough how much this worries me.”

Everything must continue to be done to stop the oil spill, but right now the States in the Gulf need money.

the U.S. was in the lead for a long time, and, frankly, we're no longer in the lead in global innovation and competitiveness.

We need to have not just diplomatic help for Mexico, but we need to have, like we did with Colombia, a military-to-military strong relationship now so that they can fight back what has really become an existential threat to that government.

Mr. President, when this oil washes up on shore, when we have failed to respond to the offers of assistance from foreign countries, it's not just oil that's washing up on shore. It's failure.