The President's Weekly Address
08/19/2011
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
I have, absolutely, confidence about the resilience of this area long term.
I don't have a problem with BP fulfilling its legal obligations, but I want BP to be very clear that they have got moral and legal obligatio...
I want them to abide by their obligations to their shareholders; I want them to abide by the obligations to the people down here as well.
His devotion to the people he represented earned him respect from supporters and opponents alike and touched countless lives.