"We're going to move as quickly as we possibly can. I feel a great sense of urgency about this."
"I know that while the individual issues, Mr. Bromwich, that you are having to deal with in the agency will take time..."
"I want to thank you for what I know is around-the-clock effort."
"It really was given--it was under the umbrella of a philosophy or a belief that oil companies should police themselves."
"the spill in the Gulf is another sign, in my mind, that we have to require more upfront preparation, upfront planning, resources be set aside to prevent pollution"
"our legislation would require on the front end that those plans be in place"
"There's certainly tremendous concern about this issue, as there should be, in Michigan and around the country."
"It would not have happened without Senator Dorgan's leadership on appropriations and Senator Bingaman's."
"I want to work with you on and work with the sponsors on is to make sure that... we are not incentivizing folks coming in from overseas."
"We have got to get started doing a few communities or incentivizing something across the country."
"We did a small piece in the Recovery Act, but that alone could make a huge difference in creating the market."
"I think it is important that we learn lessons from history, from the past. Otherwise, we are condemned to repeat them."