Edward Markey actually said...

the Democrat-controlled House passed that legislation that would have effectuated those kinds of reforms.

there have been attempts in Congress to pass that sort of legislation. Unfortunately, they have been stymied for various reasons.

the bipartisan BP Spill Commission led by William Reilly, who was the EPA Administrator under George Bush I, has given the Congress a D for ...

The Spill Commission recently gave this Congress a grade of D on its legislative response to the worst environmental disaster in American hi...