Louie Gohmert: “Well, it makes most of us just furious that BP appears to have gotten in such a hurry that with all the talk and all the…”

“Well, it makes most of us just furious that BP appears to have gotten in such a hurry that with all the talk and all the help that Senator Kerry and the global warming bill and this administration on global warming and all the bills they were trying to get done, it makes it so outrageous when it appears they got in a hurry, they got sloppy, lots of safety problems. And this thing happens because it devastates not just--the worst tragedy is the loss of life, and then there are at least 17 others that were severely hurt, and our thoughts and prayers go out to them. And I know my friend says it's basically almost comical. I know he knows what it is to have personal loss in your life, and I do, including just in the last couple of months losing a brother and a cousin, funeral attended yesterday, and there's nothing like that kind of heartache. But then the next tragedy is what's being done to this country, what's being done to our ability to be energy independent and to force us to be more dependent on countries that don't like us, that help our enemies. There's tragedies in line behind those, most tragic the loss of life and the injuries and the hurt, but what they have done to our future is also really devastating. And we have got to take a step forward. And our friend from the Navy, Pete Olson, made it clear, when you're the leader, you've got to lead; it's not something you can vote ``present'' on. You've got to take charge.”