Robert Menendez actually said...

"What I see is a company not prepared to address a worst case scenario, but a company that is flailing around trying whatever they think of next."

"Why would this rig not require the oversight and regulation mandated under our country's most important environmental legislation?"

"I think it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that there is no such thing as too safe to spill."

"There's this transference of liability or finger-pointing."