We need to ensure that techniques utilized in recovery efforts are safe and that we continue to do everything possible to protect our environmentally sensitive areas.
Thank you, Madam Chair, thank you for taking the initiative to hold this hearing today.
We owe the workers of this industry a debt of gratitude for what they do.
We must find out what went wrong, hold BP accountable, and on the record they said they will be accountable, under oath, for all economic da...
Revenue sharing is very important from the billions of dollars generated from this industry to make sure it is safe.
America must reduce its oil consumption, for national security, and yes, for environmental reasons.
Banning offshore drilling will not keep industry workers safe and it won't prevent our shores from the threat of an oil spill.
I believe that the right course is reducing our oil consumption by promoting safe and clean alternative energy while increasing our domestic...
We need to examine closely the extent to which each of these systems failed to do what it was supposed to do.
I intend to work with Senator Murkowski, the ranking member, and other members of the committee on a bipartisan basis.
I believe it would be a terrible mistake to retreat from domestic energy production.