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'?"

"I then heard, and I do not remember whether it was you, sir, or someone else in the company who said reasonable claims, that is what you are doing."

"Tonight, I would ask you first, Mr. McKay, is BP the party responsible for the leak?"

"I will tell you what I draw. The conclusion I draw is that nobody assumes the responsibility."