I like to say, as an advocate for the industry, but also for good environmental practices, that until the Deepwater Horizon, there was more natural seepage of oil into the ocean than oil ever spilled from a rig.
Landrieu emphasizes the historical safety of deepwater drilling before the Deepwater Horizon incident.
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