"Well, my greatest concern is that -- this is very early in the process. We're hopeful. But we're acting with an abundance of caution because this pipe has been under an enormous amount of stress over the 87-day period."
"BP really has wanted to shut down this well as quickly as possible, although their incompetence has made it impossible for them to achieve that goal."
"They have not responded. And, again, I wrote back there on June 23rd so that we could publicly disclose what the integrity of the well bore is."
"Can the drill casing take it? Are there cracks on the seafloor?"
"They want to lower their liability."
"I demanded from Tony Hayward that he make accessible to the National Institutes of Occupational Health and Safety all of the information about all of the workers down there in the Gulf of Mexico."
"There are physical harms here, but there are also mental health consequences to this event."
"I think that BP should pay for it. I think that 'BP' should stand for 'bills paid'."
"We'll talk about that with Congressman Ed Markey."
"Because ultimately, BP doesn't want to know the answer to the question, because they have to pay a fine per barrel of oil."