Political Quotes

“Madam President, reclaiming my time, I am obviously disappointed. I think we are seeing that maybe there is a difference when your State is in the nexus of this and your State is under attack from this oil. I want to fix a problem, not just make a speech. We are not going to pass by unanimous consent a permanent change to the liability cap. I have a version that I think should pass, and I am going to keep fighting for it. Senator Menendez has a different version, and I am sure he will keep doing the same. I think mine is superior, but we can have that debate. But as oil continues to gush from this well, as heavy oil continues to get behind the barrier islands of Louisiana and starts to infiltrate our marsh--which is an ecosystem issue 100 times worse than simply hitting our barrier islands and beaches--I would actually like to solve the problem and not just come here to the floor and give a speech. My bill does that by focusing on this event and this company, BP, in a way that we should all be able to agree on. I commend the details of the bill to my colleagues. It does not depend on the language of any BP letter. It takes that as a starting point, and it removes all caps on economic damages for this event for this company. Why don't we do that by UC? We should be able to. In addition, it fixes a real ongoing problem by establishing an expedited claims process. That is necessary too.…”