Are the requirements, Mr. Newman, which you say you exceeded, that MMS requires for this deepwater drilling--are our requirements the highest internationally or are there other nations that require higher safety standards than what MMS is requiring of us?
Landrieu questions the safety standards of U.S. deepwater drilling compared to other nations.
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