07/06/2009
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"It might come as a surprise to some people in this room, but I want to commend President Obama for his speech on the oil spill last Friday."
"We need to mitigate and contain the environmental impacts; provide assistance to the Gulf's commercial and recreational fishing industries; and investigate the causes so we can prevent a disaster of t..."
"Senator Menendez's bill, S. 3305, would amend the OPA. He may not know it, but his bill is a big help for big oil companies, such as BP."
"I felt at that time that that is premature, as the President stated also."