Link toOpening Statement
It might come as a surprise to some people in this room, but I want to commend President Obama for his speech on the oil spill last Friday. He didn't waste time pointing fingers, assigning blame, or issuing irresponsible statements against domestic energy production. He said what I've said from the very start. Let me quote him. The "most important order of business," he said, "is to stop the leak...and we need to stop it as soon as possible."