03/06/2012
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"It is important that we get this right because it has a major impact on how these wells are drilled around the world."
"I hope that we will get answers to the questions that you asked in your opening statement, and I thought that they were excellent and right on point."
"I hold the Federal Government responsible for continuing to issue permits for deep-water drilling without demanding that the companies who receive those permits be prepared to deal with the effects of..."
"We are prepared, they say, to pay above $75 million on these claims, and we will not seek reimbursement from the U.S. Government or the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund."