George Lemieux: “Just as oil and water do not mix, neither do tar balls and tourism.”

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.

There is significant concern of an arms race in the Middle East with countries like Saudi Arabia and others who wanted weapons.

regulatory certainty or predictability... when things are unpredictable, businesses freeze up and tend not to act.

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.