James Inhofe actually said...

"Anyone who has the responsibility for not having done what they said they were going to do, whether that is the private companies that were involved, including BP and others, or whether it was people ..."

"I just hope that we could all guard against this and keep in mind that we have something to do."

"Unfortunately, I'm afraid that this spill has occasioned some fatally misguided legislation, which will make us more dependent on foreign oil."

"The most important order of business is to stop the leak . . . and we need to stop it as soon as possible."