Can you tell me any logical reason why it should be any different whether it was on the open sea or on land?
But the deaths are still the same.
I am proud to cosponsor the legislation you are introducing today.
They are liable for the damages up to the extent of their very financial existence, and they are not too big to fail.
BP is the one that under the law and under the procedures of our drilling is the responsible party.
If you thought, Boy, you are really going to have to pay for any screw-up you cause, are you going to be a lot more care...
I insist that, in the future, oil companies do everything they can to prevent needless deaths and catastrophic environme...
If criminal conduct occurred, it should be and it will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
The Exxon Court believed that predictability for corporations was more important than deterring misconduct. I disagree.
I expressed my concern at that time that the Supreme Court's Exxon Valdez decision would encourage corporate misconduct.
That is perverse, and I think Congress should act to avoid this absurd result.