We need to know why natural gas was cutoff to entire regions of New Mexico.

I applaud those remarks, and I support them strongly, but I would like to hear more about what is actually going to be done in these areas.

I appreciate the Administration's commitment to research and development and innovation as key to the Nation's economic development.

I have started a bipartisan technology transfer caucus to begin to look at ideas and ideals around the Bayh-Dole legislation.

Thank you for your commitment to job creation and making America a leader in technology and innovation.

It is in everyone's best interest, including industry, to not let this happen again.

Congress must take action, do our part to prevent the disasters like this from happening again.

We cannot turn a blind eye on this issue.

It is not to debate whether one supports or opposes offshore drilling. It is to make sure that we don't let this happen again.

The legislation Democrats introduced today creates a permanent scientific group.

The failure of companies who knowingly refused to implement the necessary safeguards to prevent this disaster, and it was a failure of governmental policies and regulators that did not apply the proper oversight.

The blowout was not the product of decisions made by a rogue industry or government officials.