David Vitter actually said...

"It absolutely does that without equivocation to give certainty on that issue to the people of the Gulf Coast who are going through an ongoing crisis."

"This bill is very simple. You have it before you. It does two things. First of all it removes any and all liability cap on BP for this event."

"It establishes an expedited claims process because it is crucial that these folks not just be made whole eventually, but they start to be made whole now because they are struggling month to month."

"The point is that we need a permanent revision of the law, but there is clearly disagreement about how to do that."