Robert Menendez actually said...

"Do you really think that BP was capable or had a real plan for the worst-case discharge?"

"I look at all of this and I say to myself that we have dramatically underestimated--it doesn't mean that we won't--that there won't be a policy decision--but, we have dramatically--MMS has dramaticall..."

"For those who suggest the Department has not underestimated the risks, then I'd ask, Why is it that MMS has repeatedly felt the need to overrule NOAA and allow drilling to move forward without proper ..."

"I don't think the American taxpayer would believe in that, as a proposition."