On the recordMay 25, 2010
I not only acknowledge that those statements have been made, but I know the Senator and others, including myself, have raised the fact that BP's credibility in this respect is not credible. In fact, scientists have gone into the gulf and made the determination that at the rate that spill is taking place, it is far beyond what BP told us. As a matter of fact, we have an interest in this regard not only, of course, because of the environmental consequences but also because of the royalties we should be claiming on all of that oil that is being let out. So the Senator is correct. This is one of the issues we are facing.
