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Gibbs: Barton’s words ‘shameful’
Gibbs: Barton’s comments "shameful" Liveblog by Khan As the committee reconvenes, a quick update on the immediate backlash against Rep. Barton’s "shakedown" description of the WH’s success in getting BP to commit to a $20 billion escrow account. TPM reports WH Press Secretary Gibbs’ statement: "What is shameful is that Joe Barton seems to have [...]
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Hayward: We will not rest
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Hayward: We will not rest until we make this right Liveblog by Khan As we recess to give committee members time to make Congressional votes, Hayward has just finished his opening statement. Nothing particularly notable was said–an expected mix of sorrow and determination to clean up the spill and figure out what went wrong: [...]
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GOP has other concerns
Thursday, June 17, 2010
GOP has other concerns Liveblog by Khan Republican members on the committee have consistently drawn attention to other concerns in their opening statements. One would think that the investigative hearing, with BP CEO Tony Hayward as a chief witness, would focus on the events leading up to the completion of the Macondo well, as well [...]
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Hayward: “Assurance killing us”
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Hayward: "Assurance is killing us" Liveblog by Khan Rep. Stupak from MI has had the most excoriating opening statement so far. Citing statements from Hayward in 2007, when Hayward said: "Assurance is killing us…I don’t think having all of these layers of assurance reduce risk and it can actually increase it," Stupak scolds Hayward for [...]
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Rep. Barton: I apologize for Obama’s “shakedown”
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Rep. Barton: I apologize for Obama’s "shakedown" Liveblog by Khan Rep. Barton from TX, drawing murmurs from across the room, publicly apologizes to BP for the White House’s success in getting BP to commit to a $20 Billion escrow account to compensate the people who have suffered from the oil spill. Calling the White [...]
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Rep. Waxman’s Opening Statement
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Rep. Waxman’s opening statement indicates that the committee on the Democratic side will focus on: 1) What BP’s internal documents warned about the Deepwater Horizons well 2) What was missing from these documents in terms of what Hayward had done to, as he promised:"[focus] like a laser on safe and reliable operations." What safety measures [...]
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Link to Hayward’s testimony
Thursday, June 17, 2010
by Khan Here is a link to the text of Hayward’s testimony this morning.
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Hayward walks in!
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Hayward walks in! Liveblog by Khan Hawyard just walked in. The room is furiously clicking with press photographs, as Hayward’s Chief Counsel seems to be coaching him on what to say with a group of colleagues hovering around him… Rep. Waxman and Burgess (who is GOP’s ranking member of the committee) just introduced themselves, saying [...]
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Final Thoughts
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
As we reflect on today’s hearing with oil executives from the Big 5 U.S. oil companies, here are a few questions to consider: 1) What did the testimony reveal about the other oil giants’ level of preparedness in dealing with another Deepwater Horizon catastrophe? Much of the hearing focused on the fact that the [...]
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LiveBlog: 100% Safe?
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Is deepwater drilling "100% safe?" asks Rep. Gonzalez from Texas. Three of the four executives admit the undeniable fact–"no"–except for John Watson from Chevron. Calling his company’s drilling procedures "safe", Watson refuses to engage with Rep. Gonzalez, declining to answer yes or no. Several Democratic members have echoed this type of questioning–getting the executives to [...]
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LiveBlog: Resign!
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
The room goes dead silent as Rep. Stearns from Florida calls for the resignation of Lamar McKay, president of BP America. In the context of questioning about the consistent underestimation by BP of the number of gallons leaking per day, Stearns explicitly says he doesn’t want an apology, he just wants a resignation. His scolding [...]
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LiveBlog: Big Oil = Big Tobacco?
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
In a scene most evocative of the infamous Big Tobacco hearing in 1994 when tobacco executives lined up and testified under oath that nicotine was not addictive, the oil executives have responded disappointingly to a series of questions about climate change by Rep. Inslee. Inslee asked the executives to go down the line and respond, [...]
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LiveBlog: Oh Tillerson…
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Rex Tillerson, chief executive of ExxonMobil, has had the most revealing testimony thus far. In response to probing questions by Rep. Dingell concerning, once again, why the contingency plans are virtually identical to each other, Tillerson says that the similarity isn’t notable. "The ‘cookie cutter’ description…should not come as much of a surprise." The oil [...]
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