"The Majority's problem is with the facts. The facts don't show what the Majority wants them to show."
"We should be thanking today's witnesses for helping to highlight important safety reforms at the Interior Department and prevent another catastrophic spill from ever happening again."
"This is what Secretary Salazar and others in the Administration were trying to stop."
"Instead, the Majority is wasting the Committee's time on this trivial and baseless investigation of an investigation."
"We should find out who did it. We should have them sitting here under oath, the CEOs of each of those companies."
"The core function of IGs is to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of Department programs, and to uncover fraud, waste, and abuse."
"It is bad enough that the Republican House has not passed a single piece of legislation to improve the safety of offshore drilling."
"I am giving my remarks today while playing the BP Spill Cam. I am doing this not because I like watching millions of barrels of oil gush into America's waters and pollute our shores, but rather to hel..."
"Those who are guilty, the CEOs of these companies, they are not here."
"This is the greatest crime in the history of America against the environment."
"This summer tens of thousands of people have had to evacuate because of wildfires."