Let us also remember what a personal tragedy this incident is for the families of the 11 workers who lost their lives.
This catastrophe is the first spill to be classified as a Spill of National Significance since that term was first coine...
I think the regulations should be looked at, and anything that would make this a lower probability event and safer shoul...
Thank you.
I do want to acknowledge that BP and Mr. McKay have fully cooperated with our inquiry, and have not tried to get out of ...
I think there was an Area Response Plan for an oil-related incident just in March off the coast of Maine.
Now, BP did file a Regional Response Plan for the Gulf of Mexico, and in that plan, the worst-case scenario that you pre...
The relief well has been held out as the ultimate solution if everything else fails.
We will ask what the government and industry could have done differently to avoid this catastrophe.
It feels like you are making it up as you go along, that no one really knows what will plug this well.
But the U.S. Government has a responsibility for protecting the public safety that is more important.