I would hope that the Majority's opposition to lifting the embargo against Fidel does not outweigh their fidelity to creating more jobs for American businesses and American workers in our own country.

If Republicans were serious about ensuring that U.S. interests and resources were protected in the Arctic, they would end their opposition to ratification of the Law of the Sea Treaty.

I would think that my Republican colleagues would rather have this drilling done by Chevron than by Chavez.

This is a huge, unprecedented science experiment that took place at BP's hands dumping all the chemicals in with the oil.

It wasn't like that at the beginning, as Congressman Bonner I am sure will remind me, but we have greatly accelerated this process.

Mr. Markey. I see. Mr. Chairman, Mr. Feinberg is from Brockton, Massachusetts, the home of Rocky Marciano, and while he doesn't shy away from a fight, Mr. Feinberg, he actually tries his best to find a peaceful resolution for every one of…

I thank the gentleman from Arizona for yielding. Mr. Chairman, the New Deal was a jobs plan. President Obama has put forward a jobs plan. H.R. 1904 is not a jobs plan. H.R. 1904 is a massive payout to multinational mining giants that are…

The focus of today's hearing is to examine the Compensation Fund set up for the residents of the Gulf Coast who were harmed by the BP spill.

I know of no case in history--I can't think of one--where a company voluntarily put up $20 billion to resolve claims.

I think that the Administration frankly, just as the Bush Administration was able to promulgate this 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund 10 years ago, I think that the Administration in getting BP to do this I think was a major positive step.

I want to reiterate what Congressman Markey said. There has never been a program like the Gulf Coast Claims Facility.