Tom Udall actually said...

"if we had a lot of these protocols in place then we probably wouldn't have had to have a moratorium after this spill"

"it's unfortunate in a sense that we didn't get our wide ranging energy bill out of the committee"

"I think it is very important that we give the agency the budget they need in order to protect consumers and to protect safety."

"Thank you, Chairman Pryor. And thank you very much for holding this hearing today, and for your leadership in consumer protection."