I am pleased to be a co-sponsor of this important legislation.

I support sound vehicle safety legislation.

Motor vehicle safety is critical and your bill, Mr. Chairman, addresses a number of issues and shortcomings highlighted by recent vehicle recalls.

the era of self-regulation is over for the offshore oil industry.

I have confidence that you are pushing BP as hard as you can to stop the spill and protect ecosystems.

I think it is important that we get a regulatory hold on this.

If we find that the use of dispersants has had a damaging impact on natural resources, would BP be responsible for those damages as well?

Safety requires carefulness instead. Time is money on an offshore oil rig, and there is always an incentive to put profit over safety.

When the United States Government has a school, it is their school. We have a trust responsibility to run this school for Indian children.

I want to thank you for holding this hearing. It is a very important hearing both for the Country and native students.

I agree with my colleague, Senator Udall, that we have a national emergency on our hands. We must act before it is too late.

if a school is going to fall down and kill 20 kids or 100 kids or something like that tomorrow, that is the one I would want you to be on top of