Jeanne Shaheen

Absolutely. I appreciate the Senator from North Dakota pointing this out, and also pointing out what has been a bipartisan history in the past when we have dealt with these kinds of disasters and tragedies in the country, that this used to…

I think we should have as many eyes looking into this issue as possible, and as a member of the Energy Committee I supported the Barrasso amendment. But the issue before us today right now is that we already have a bipartisan commission…

Mr. Chairman, the last thing I wanted to do is just ask. I have a number of letters that have been sent to my office in support of NORA. If we could include those in the record, I would appreciate it.

Recognizing the nature of the industry and the challenges of tracking that data, I think that would be very helpful as we are looking at the benefits that NORA and PERC, for that matter, can provide to have as much data available as…

Even though we understand the nominee may not be one who is supported by all of the Members of our party, we still believe she is qualified, and we will support her.

I am very pleased to once again be able to come to the floor and speak in support of the confirmation of Elena Kagan to be the next Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. I think the hearings they held on her nomination revealed three things…

I voted against TARP because I did not think we ought to be doing that. I think this is not another Wall Street bailout, that this is an effort to help small businesses. I would just like to ask Senator Landrieu whether she agrees with me…

I also understand that the intent of this section is not to create any inference that minimum capital requirements are the appropriate standard or safeguard for the council to recommend to be applied to any nonbank financial company that…

I find it unbelievable that after everything the people of the gulf region have endured, and that this entire country has witnessed for over 2 months now, that anyone is still standing with the oil company that caused this disaster instead…

I was pleased, Director Bromwich, to hear your announcement about setting up an independent investigative unit...

I wonder if you can tell me how we're dealing with American corporations who we hope and expect to comply with the sanctions resolution.

I wish to talk today about some of the provisions that are in the legislation before us, provisions that will create jobs, grow small businesses, and help unemployed Americans who are still struggling to get back to work. Unfortunately, we…

I appreciate the efforts that you have taken and that you have talked about this morning to reform the culture of corruption that has existed within MMS.

Thank you for holding this hearing. I think it is very timely and appreciate both of your being here to testify.

I just want to say that my heart goes out to the people of Louisiana and all of the Gulf States who are directly suffering the consequences of this disastrous spill.

Our goal here is to try and make sure that all of the small businesses that have been affected are getting the help that they need, and that BP and the contractors that it hired who are to blame, who are deemed to be blamed for this spill…

I just would like to request that, when Mr. Hayes provides the BP responsibility document to Senator Menendez, that you make it available to the entire committee.

I think there's been general agreement, from everybody who's spoken, that BP would be liable to pay the costs of cleanup in the spill.

DOD has a Joint Task Force Haiti that deployed immediately following the earthquake.

It will be transitioning, on June 1, to a very robust DOD program that's focusing on the middle-term priorities.

SBA is clearly going to be critical in helping those small businesses move forward, and we want to see strong leadership at the head of the SBA.

I would echo your remarks and that of Senator Snowe in the importance of small business to the economic recovery in this country.

One of the things that I have found troubling... is that there didn't seem to be an emergency plan in place that could address how to deal with the spill once it happened.

The treaty reestablishes a legally binding relationship between the two countries in terms of their nuclear arsenals

I do have a concern about that, which I hope this committee and the Armed Services Committee would be looking into carefully.