BP-Lockerbie Bomber Connection Must Be Examined Prior To Libya Drilling, Says Senator

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) said that the Senate needs to investigate allegations claiming BP arranged for the release of the Lockerbie bomber in exchange for drilling rights before BP begins exploration off the Coast of Libya. (0:34)

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BP Needs To Think Twice About Drilling Off Libya's Coast, Says Senator

Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) said Wednesday that BP needs to wait for the investigations stemming from allegations claiming BP arranged for the release of the Lockerbie bomber in exchange for drilling rights before they begin drilling off the coast of Libya. (0:20)

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BP Might Be Making Blood Money Outside Libya, Says Senator

Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) said Wednesday that if allegations claiming BP arranged for the release of the Lockerbie  bomber in exchange for drilling rights, then any money BP earns on drilling outside the coast of Libya might be blood money. (0:24)

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Feinberg: We Can Only Respond To Eligible Claims

Kenneth Feinberg, the administrator of the $20 billion escrow account set up by BP to compensate Gulf Coast victims, stressed the importance for the Gulf Coast Claims Service to only recognize eligible claims regarding damages caused by the BP oil spill.

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D.C. Drivers Should Avoid BP, Says Protester Outside Gas Station

Diane Wilson, a shrimper and activist from Texas, blocked the driveway outside a local BP gas station in Washington D.C. Saturday. Wilson told Talk Radio News that she wants drivers to stop using BP gas stations. (0:17)
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BP Needs To Be Hit Economically, Says Protester Outside Gas Station

Diane Wilson, a shrimper and activist from Texas, protested outside a local BP gas station in Washington D.C. Saturday. She tells Talk Radio News that the only way BP will listen is if the protesters are able to affect them economically. (0:18)
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BP Needs To Be Punished, Says Protester Outside Gas Station

Diane Wilson, a shrimper and activist from Texas, tells Talk Radio News during a demonstration outside a BP gas station in Washington D.C. that the protest is just one step of many to get the message about BP that they need to be punished. (0:23)
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Boycott Of Local BP Gas Stations A Good Way To Affect The Company, Says Protester

Diane Wilson, a shrimper and activist from Texas, joined a protest outside a BP gas station in Washington D.C. to send a message to the corporation that their actions are unacceptable . (0:16)
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Pelosi: Barton, GOP Sympathize With BP

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) says Republicans in Congress share Rep. Joseph Barton sympathy for BP. (0:46)
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Pelosi Slams GOP On BP Apologies

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) says she was surprised to hear some Republican lawmakers apologize to BP while Gulf Coast citizens struggle to recover. (0:21)
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Feds Failed America On Oil Spill, Says Boehner

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) tells reporters Thursday that there is no reason the US should have rejected the help of foreign skimmers, and should have acted on local officials' requests more efficiently. Although BP is responsible, says Boehner, the "federal government failed the American people here as well." (0:37)
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President Needs To Seize BP's Assets, Says Protester

Mahdi Bray, the executive director of Muslim American Society Freedom, says President Barack Obama should seize all of BP's assets in order to help the Gulf Coast economy recover from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. (0:39)
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President Barack Obama Should Treat BP As A Criminal, Says Protester

Diane Wilson, a Texas fisherman, says BP America must be treated as a criminal and not a corporate entity. (0:27)
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Oil Spills Are Happening Everywhere, Says Protester

Diane Wilson, the Texas fisherman that, during a Senate Hearing last week, poured oil over herself to show her disappointment in the U.S. response to the Gulf Coast oil spill, says incidents like the Deepwater Horizon incident are happening across the country's coasts. (0:24)
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Pelosi: We Need A New Energy Policy

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) says the United States needs to lessen its dependence on foreign oil and that a new energy policy must be developed following the Deepwater Horizon incident. (0:32)
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BP Fully Responsible For Clean Up, Says Pelosi

House Speaked Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) emphasized BP's responsibility for the clean up of the Gulf Coast oil spill, stressing that any taxpayer dollars used in the advance of it would be paid back in full by BP. (0:12)
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BP's Chemical Dispersants Causing Oil Plumes, Says NY Dem

Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) expresses his concern over BP's use of toxic chemical dispersants on the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, saying that dispersants only hide the problem, and in fact create enormous toxic underwater plumes, whose existence is denied by the petroleum mogul. (0:30)
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Senator Landrieu To Salazar: How Are Feds Going To Help Oil Workers Earn Money?

Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) asks Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar during a hearing held by the Senate Natural Resources Committee on Wednesday what the government's message will be to the 330,000 oil workers in Louisiana that are getting laid off due to the administration's renewed moratorium on offshore drilling. (0:24)
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U.S. Playing Lead Role In Relationship With BP, Says Interior Secretary

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says the relationship between the government and BP is "dynamic but directive" during a hearing Wednesday with the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (0:05)
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Texas Shrimper's Theatrical Protest Disrupts Senate Hearing

TRNS Correspondent Brandon Kosters interviews Diane Wilson, a shrimper and activist who doused her body in dense syrup that resembled oil during a Senate hearing with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar Wedensday on the current oil spill crisis in the Gulf of Mexico. Wilson was protesting Joint Resolution 26, spearheaded by Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski (R), which will restrict the EPA from monitoring the green house emissions of large corporations. (13:57)
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