Maria Cantwell actually said...

"Offshore oil and gas production is an important part of our domestic energy portfolio today."

"Last month was the sixth anniversary of the BP Deep Water Horizon explosion and oil spill, which was an epic human, economic and ecological disaster."

"I think that is what these individual employees or small entrepreneurs want to see, is their ability to get the same kind of leverage as somebody that works for a larger company."

"The expertise of the labs helps us leverage this technology."