Bob Graham: “The fact that we are approaching this limit underscores the need for Congress to act on this issue.”

What we hope to give to citizens is a list of the right questions to answer and some idea of the metrics to be used in evaluating the answers that you get.

I think it was a win-win.

We have recommended that 80 percent of the fines and penalties that we anticipate will be assessed under the Clean Water Act be directed at Gulf restoration.

Drilling is inherently risky. We can never reduce it to zero.