Frank Lautenberg actually said...

"should oil companies play a part in more funding on the research and development of new technologies that get us, to use BP's own expression, 'beyond petroleum'?"

"should these spills that we have seen demand a halt to all new drilling, shift to an all hands on deck policy in an effort to develop and deploy technologies that will end our dependence on oil and fo..."

"The bottom line is that if you drill in the ocean, oil spills cannot be a surprise."

"I wanted to just get a couple of things squared away. And I ask whether or not, can anyone, all three of you, can you separately guarantee that a spill like this will never happen again in U.S. waters..."