We want them to do their work, but we want them to do the right thing and be incentivized not to cause damages to the taxpayers.

I keep going back to is whether or not BP would have acted so recklessly if it knew that there was not a $75 million limit.

I just think we have to protect the taxpayers from taking those risks, because it was not their decision to go down 5,000 feet and take this risk.

I want to look at it. But it does not--I know they have to get insurance, but I have not heard that they have the protection of these liability caps.

I remember part of the discussion we had during that hearing was that that merger could usher in a wave of consolidation in the aviation industry.

I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Kagan Nomination

just as technology and software is upgraded, our laws have to be upgraded as well.

I think everyone feels those frustrations, and you more than others.

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