"I have to say that I am disappointed by your actions today."
"I am encouraged that now more than a year later, officials in both the oil industry and our government appear to be heeding these lessons and retooling the way they do business."
"This is the definition of partisanship and it undermines the integrity of this committee."
"It is our obligation as Members of the U.S. Congress to develop constructive ways to help people in the gulf rebuild their lives and their livelihoods."
"I regret very much you're not running for President. I think you would have added some good, common, political sense and a lot of good humor."
"But really my question, isn't that--that's not our only choice. The question is: Could we in retrospect have tightened up regulation and been more rigorous in the review process?"
"And is it also true that applications for permits to drill actually increased in the Obama administration over the Bush administration?"
"It is not true, as a matter of fact, that domestic oil production in the Obama administration is actually higher than that of the Bush administration?"
"And is it also true that production on the Outer Continental Shelf actually also increased under the Obama administration over the Bush administration?"
"Obviously, if we don't address that inadequacy, all it does is shift the cost of cleanup when an oil spill occurs, such as did at Deepwater Horizon, onto the public, is that not correct?"
"I just wanted to ask one followup to your line of questioning."