James Inhofe actually said...

"I respectfully call on President Obama and my colleagues here in the Senate to concentrate on fixing the problem."

"We do have a lot of people right now who are trying to use this very tragic situation to advance their own agendas."

"If you stop the drilling, stop our ability to produce and export our own resources, we are going to have to be reliant upon foreign countries."

"If the liability cap is increased to levels we understand are now under consideration, in our view only the major oil companies and the NOCs would be in a position to do this."