The New York Times ran an article on July 12, and it has a number of statements in it based on their review of BP's record.

In the space of just a short period of time, that colleague turned this into a debate about courage, about integrity, about character, and about easy versus hard choices. In other words, he took all of his time to use attacks on those who…

I note that there are a couple of issues raised that really are false issues. One is in regard to the debt. My colleagues across the aisle are proposing a massive increase of the debt by extending the Bush tax cuts, and they are saying…

thank you, and thank you to the Senator from Louisiana and your clarion call to go into battle, to fight for small businesses in our Nation. We all know small businesses are the job-creating factories in America and that if we do not go to…

Did what happened with Thunder Horse and other incidents in which a number of people died create a pattern that caused concern for you?

Is it possible that we will see from BP a wholesale change in its approach to safety?

It translated into retaliation against workers who reported safety problems, and that is a very different type of way to respond to safety than to actually improve safety.

We have placed safety as the No. 1 priority in BP, and we have put in place actions to learn from the past and to manage risks in the future.

I found your introduction to your testimony saying, 'Safety is our top priority' to be offensive.

What I saw were breakdowns in a culture of safety.

Madam President, today I come to this Chamber to speak about oil independence for a stronger America. Many folks across America are continuously talking about the downside of our addiction to overseas oil. Today I am going to be presenting…

I am delighted to partner with my colleague from Louisiana. Senator Landrieu has been a passionate and effective advocate for small business across this country. She has worked incredibly hard to drive through this small business jobs…

I again thank my colleague for her leadership. We together as a Senate need to stand with our small businesses so we can revive our communities, restore our economy and create jobs for our families. I thank the Senator again for the…

I rise to engage my colleagues, Senators Dodd and Levin, in a colloquy regarding some key aspects of our legislative intent behind sections 619 through 621, the Merkley-Levin rule on proprietary trading and conflicts of interest as…

I thank Senator Levin and will be setting forth here our joint explanation of the Merkley-Levin provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act. Sections 619, 620 and 621 do three things: prohibit high-risk proprietary trading at banks, limit the…

I rise to address the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill and to share the reasons it makes a great deal of sense to restore the lane markers and traffic signals to our financial system--lane markers and traffic signals that were ripped away…

I rise to speak to legislation I am introducing today, with my colleagues, Senator Crapo of Idaho, Senators Baucus and Tester of Montana, and Senator Wyden, from my home state of Oregon, to protect and restore the Columbia River Basin. The…

That's part of the reason that this bill is necessary.

I congratulate Senator Gillibrand for bringing this bill forward to try to create a solid framework into the future.

I understand that when in 2002 the safe harbor was extended in this fashion, some folks warned that this would lead to abuses.

I think the use of the word scam is very appropriate.

Oregon requires all schools that receive title IV money to enroll students only term by term, and that has resulted in a significant drop in abuse.

I'll just note, I'll be curious to follow up, Mr. Chair, as to whether the Sanford-Brown Institute is being investigated by anybody for the type of scam or fraud we've heard testimony about today.

Thank you, Mr. President. It is an honor to come and say we need to do right by working families in America, and we need to not do it by creating more unemployment.

we have a chance on the floor of this Chamber to come and debate issues that are important to the success of our families across this Nation. There are some who will come to this floor and they will argue that we should do everything…