Garret Graves actually said...

"the higher the price, the better for taxpayers, because the revenues come to the State--excuse me, come to the United States."

"But you do recognize that the Oil Pollution Act also has a savings clause that allows for State authorities, State laws, to continue to apply in cases when they don't--they generally conflict with Fed..."

"Thank you. I appreciate it."

"We have lost approximately 1,900 square miles of those wetlands, which is equivalent to Senator Whitehouse's entire State."