03/22/2010
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"I have a great deal of confidence in NAS, for example, that they will apply sound science and call it by the numbers."
"So, are you saying that I am mistaken in the premise of my question, that the Federal Railroad Administration does have the authority, to the extent that it is envisioned in the proposed Act?"
"Can you think of any reason why, in this instance, that the oil would not come to the surface and cause this plume or mist of particles that NOAA testified about?"
"That was a decision that was made weeks and months and years beforehand."