"They would point out that the allegations of fraud and deception were investigated by the Department of the Interior's Inspector General, who found, and I quote, 'no evidence, documents, EIS revisions..."
"I think there is a lot of good faith between all of the parties here."
"The last I understood, enforcing the law was a necessary government function."
"These are laws that were passed by large bipartisan majorities of this Congress, laws that polls show the American people continue to support."
"Casting doubt is extremely effective because it leads to delay."
"I do ask for unanimous consent to enter into the record a Drakes Bay Special Use Permit, former Secretary Salazar's decision, consistent with congressional intent."
"we are not very good at getting the oil out of the water."
"only about 3 percent of the oil released by the Macondo well was collected that way."
"our ability to physically remove oil from water is no better now than it was decades ago."
"we still don't fully understand the impact of what the spill has had on the ecological systems."
"What is BSEE doing to improve our ability to respond to oil spills in icy conditions?"
"I happen to believe we need to be doing much more, in terms of oil spill response and preparing for future incidences."