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First really stood up to the fossil fuel industry and it's important that we won. >> senator, as you do look though at the state department's report which you're very aware of, they're saying really in terms of the environmental impact, it is not to the degree that you just described, and so some might ask, if that is indeed true, why not go ahead and give the republicans this, if that is true, because it's dead center on environmental impact, and -- >> because the leverage is not true. >> and leverage it for something that the democratic party might want, a key wedge issue, for instance. >> n...

Republicans. take a look at what representative waxman said today on the today show. >> in july, the c.e.o. of solyndra said the company was doing very well. they were even going double their revenues and a month later they went into bankruptcy. i feel like i was misled. >> that is the point. it is not the campaign contribution. it is a question of whether or not the company misled the government is why there is an investigation. i don't think that the g.a.o. would do the house republican's bidding, do you? >> i'm not so sure of that. >> really? >> i'm sorry i took the fifth because i would ha...

From representative waxman's letter, brazenly risking the lives and the environment of this country to make an extra buck and he needs to lay out a new plan to wean us off our addiction to oil and to do so in a way that is common sense. it's not left-right. it's what most industrialized, civilized nations are doing now, investing in alternatives and efficiency in technologies. so he has a real opportunity to do that and to redefine his leadership and to do so not in an angry way. i find all this talk silly. it's what he does. what he does in this period that is so critical. >> you know, katrin...

The american taxpayer gets stuck with this in any way, shape or form, doesn't he run his administration -- >> he runs a terrible risk, but i think that we, the people, have to fight the forces of big money and big oil, those forces of establishing power which may well work to surround bp and protect them, they must be held accountable. there must be no bargaining over what they owe. there must be a serious and large, large escrow account. they should be paying for a gulf recovery program. they should pay for the lost wages that this oil spill has brought about. >> yeah. >> and i think the pres...