Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) said that eight of the 15 experts consulted for a Department of Interior report on offshore drilling opposed the Obama administration's decision to stop the drilling for six months.
Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) questioned Interior Secretary Ken Salazr about eight of 15 energy experts who opposed the Obama administration's decision to halt offshore drilling for six months.
Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) said he does not know that President Obama had the constitutional authority to tell BP it had to surrender its stockholders' money.
Gen. David Petraeus told the Senate on Wednesday he has a 'sacred obligation' to the troops to give the president his best advice even if that means calling for more troops in Afghanistan--in the face of President Obama's policy that a drawdown should start next July.
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.)said President Barack Obama was exceeding his constitutional authority in ordering BP to surrender money.
At a briefing after releasing its annual report on human trafficking, Amb. Luis CdeBaca of the U.S. State Department said African Americans have been enslaved in Florida within the past five years.
Grammy award-winning musician Gloria Estefan told CNSNews.com she is “not affiliated” with Republicans, Democrats or Independents. She also said she does not know why she is often grouped with moderate or conservative Republicans in media reports.
John H Pendleton states in a hearing that there is inadequate information sharing for national databases
John P. Holdren, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, told a reporter who asked about his past works:'If you read it and you have a problem, you’re misreading it.'
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D.-Calif.) said today that BP should compensate families and business hurt by the Gulf oil spill before paying for new advertising or dividends.