John Thune actually said...

"This leak will likely continue for the foreseeable future causing environmental and economic damage that will last for several years to come."

"As we speak, there are a few thousand, and potentially tens of thousands, of barrels of oil that are leaking into the Gulf of Mexico each day."

"We must also closely scrutinize the response of our Federal agencies."

"every year for the past decade, nearly 5,000 people have died and 125,000 were injured in crashes involving a large truck."