Jeff Bingaman actually said...

"There definitely needs to be a concerted effort made to develop and test equipment, new technology, and procedures in a realistically simulated deepwater environment."

"I think it is critical that everyone understands that blowout preventer systems as designed today will never be able to overcome poor well design or faulty operational decision making."

"The sobering reality is that, despite the losses and damage that have already been suffered, we do not yet know what the full impact of this disaster will be."

"We owe it to them to see that disasters like this never happen again."