Gary Peters actually said...

"A recent study by the University of Michigan says that the Straits of Mackinac is the absolute worst place to have an oil disaster anywhere in the Great Lakes basin."

"If there is a pipeline break in that stretch, it would be catastrophic."

"Does it make sense to have the Coast Guard have to sign off on a response plan saying that, 'We're the principal agency responsible for cleaning this thing up.'"

"I take this issue very seriously, given the fact that we had a major disaster in the state of Michigan."