Jeff Bingaman actually said...

"Our goal must be, of course, to prevent future disasters. But we can and we must do more than that."

"I appreciate your statement that it is moving in the right direction and will strengthen the ability of the department to carry out its responsibilities."

"This administration's decision, which I fiercely disagree with, to stop all activity with the 33 deepwater rigs..."

"Today we are looking into the issue of how to accelerate deployment of electric vehicles..."