Lois Capps

This is an ongoing problem, and we must continue working on it.

Even as BP released its 5-year report hailing its efforts to clean up its own mess, others were shining a light on all the damage that remains unrepaired and undiscovered.

The Deepwater Horizon spill caused billions of dollars of damage to the Gulf Coast economy.

We have already talked about the Deepwater Horizon spill, one of the worst environmental disasters in our history.

The Agency proposed to strengthen the requirements for companies to use the best available and safest technology.

When you have an accident, when there is a spill, the issue comes to the forefront, people respond, and then, in a few years, complacency tends to return.

The production safety system rules were last updated in 1988, and that is more than 25 years ago.

Thank you, Director Salerno, for your testimony, and also for the impressive amount of work you have done on new drilling and safety regulations following the Deepwater Horizon incident.

I think the Department of the Interior made the right choice--and the only choice--in that situation.

Continual focus on deepwater drilling safety is absolutely essential.

I have a very strong and personal interest in offshore drilling safety.

I hope we can agree that safety should always be our top priority.