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Is meanwhile were coming up against the deadline with the continued resolution and weve got other things with waste. i know those bills youre talking about next week, those, you know, probably people like to see some action on them. >> absolutely. and were going to call on the senate to do so. that, as you know, is part of the problem. this year weve seen passage of the skills act, weve seen the student loan issue, weve seen the bill that helps working parents have flexibility so they can spend ...

Is at an all-time high, but what we see is the issuance of permits and the policy of allowing for the proceeding of deep ocean drilling is not matching his rhetoric. so its very clear. hes hostile to fossil fuels and coal and oil, and he is hostile to gas. we need a definitive statement by this president that we will have a national energy policy, because its critical to a growing economy that we do that. >> do you blav mitt romney has the nomination locked up after tuesday? >> it will be a hard...

For alternative sources, but at this point we got to and should rely on all the energy sources here at home. >> he expanded drilling leases -- >> the reality is, and he will claim the production of energy is at an all-time high, but what we see is the issuance of permits and the policy of allowing for the proceeding of deep ocean drilling is not matching his rhetoric. so its very clear. hes hostile to fossil fuels and coal and oil, and he is hostile to gas. we need a definitive statement by this...

Where that huge explosion in the gulf of mexico last year killed 11 workers and caused an environmental disaster. that was in april of 2010. but now transocean has declared 10 the best year for safety in the companys history. financial papers filed with the u.s. government revealed the companys top executive got a pay raise of more than $1 million. transocean did not respond to an e-mail from cnn seeking comment about this. bp leased that oil rig in the gulf of mexico and now 15 months after t...

Consideration, we must remember those lives and the lives of their families as we just saw that were forever changed on that fateful april day and we must continue to keep them in our thoughts and prayers, and further we have an obligation not only to the families but to everyone affected by the aftermath to get to the bottom of the cause of this accident and the failure to secure the situation and stop the devastation upon the gulf coast. we have an opportunity in this oversight hearing to ask ...

Thoughts and in our prayers. further, we have an obligation, not only to those families, but also to everyone affected by the aftermath. together the failure to secure the situation and stop the devastation upon the gulf coast. mr. chairman, we have an opportunity in this oversight hearing to ask questions that get to the facts of what happened. however, todays hearing is incomplete. we can only ascertain half of the story today because we do not, we do not have anyone representing the administr...