06/01/2009
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"the Federal Government should clean it up, and then go decade after decade with doing virtually nothing out there."
"any decision to actually recover oil would still rest with Congress."
"There are 13 Senators who are holding a series of closed meetings to work to prepare a version of the bill that will come before the Senate, probably next week."
"That is completely contrary to the very long and positive bipartisan history both on this subcommittee and our dealings with the FDA under both Republicans and Democrats."