04/07/2014
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"And as Senator Collins said, my understanding is that increasingly in the Gulf and elsewhere we are using deep-water wells."
"But isn't it true that--and, Admiral, I welcome you to come in on this--those kinds of drills were not really to deal with a blowout in a deep-water well?"
"Surely, this catastrophe should prompt the Administration to reconsider that ill-conceived budget cut."
"I certainly agree that too much reliance was put on the blowout preventer here."