"The drilling moratorium directly impacted the lives of thousands of individuals in the Gulf of Mexico."
"Unfortunately, this Republican Congress has acted like the BP spill never occurred."
"This Congress has voted 148 times to preserve or provide giveaways to the oil industry."
"This is worse than misplaced priorities. This is a dereliction of duty of this Committee to the citizens of the Gulf of Mexico."
"You and the others who have worked on this report deserve our gratitude for serving our country so ably in a time of national crisis and for giving us a blueprint for preventing another catastrophic s..."
"To the best of my understanding, the Secretary has consistently said that the moratorium decision was his decision."
"So, again, there is no evidence that Secretary Salazar ever wanted any political cover. He made the decision. He stood up. He said, let's call a time out, make sure we know what we are doing. And he d..."
"A little arithmetic. When Bush left, 750,000 jobs a month were being lost."
"That is why the polling says that Obama has a 10- to 13-point lead over Romney on energy issues."
"I think the fear is that the Republicans are so tied to the oil industry, you know, that they can't give up those tax breaks."
"That is a good record for Obama."