Rush Holt: “We must consider more than just repairing the damage from Sandy. In recent years, we have experienced in various parts…”

I would prefer to talk about how it is not working right now and how something like the Affordable Care Act, an honorable attempt to see that we have got affordable, excellent health care for all Americans, should be the focus of a…

We have not raised the civil penalties that can be levied by the Interior Department against oil companies that violate the law so that they are a meaningful financial deterrent.

Both H.R. 313 and the OMB Guidance, I think regrettably, put forward prohibitions and impediments that hinder scientific collaboration and communication.

This obstinacy by the majority won't stop my efforts to draw attention to these issues, to push for adoption of serious, meaningful reforms to make offshore drilling safer, not just more prevalent.