We know that, inside of the -- a preparedness plan that BP put together, that they did not mention hurricanes or tropical storms.

Unfortunately, during the Bush administration, they made a decision to sell these trailers, to sell these toxic trailers.

It is absolutely preposterous that workers who are asked to go out to clean up toxic materials are then going home to trailers, toxic trailers loaded with formaldehyde that are not fit for human habitation.

I thank the chairman very much. I thank him for his excellent work and for his timely hearings on this catastrophic event. I thank the gentlewoman from California (Mrs. Capps) for her excellent work on this indispensable piece of…

Well, I have asked the Coast Guard and I have asked the EPA to tell me what the -- decisions have been made that affect BP's use of these dispersants.

I am still very concerned about the impact that this uncontrolled science experiment can have long term in the Gulf of Mexico.

Ultimately, the call is made by the Coast Guard.

We have to be very careful that what we're doing in the Gulf right now with the oil, with the dispersants doesn't wind up having a generational impact on the marine life in perhaps the most important area of our country for marine life.

And that's why we have to stay on them every single day until the well is plugged and everyone, including the people in the Gulf and the ocean, are made whole.

They showed no concern in the beginning. They were dragged to the table to put up the $20 billion to compensate the families who are going to be harmed.

We now know, in retrospect, that when BP in the first week was saying that the spill was only 1,000 barrels per day, that they had an internal document in the first week that said it was 1,000 to 14,000 barrels per day. They did not let…

I think the American people should know that there is a worst-case scenario of 100,000 barrels a day, which is four million gallons of oil a day going into the Gulf of Mexico.