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they courted, you know, chuck grassley o limb mea snowe for a long, long time. they mr. perfectly prepared to incorporate their ideas. they held the house back from moving forward in order to try to get something going. but the republican leadership in the senate really, i think, said our political success is based on obama's fileure-- ilure. and we're just going to shut that down. and he took, you know, he could have walked away. but instead i think he said well, if that's the way it's going to be. we need to get this done. we're going to get it done with democratic votes. >> rose: did he try to do too much? >> no, i-- you know, i think that if you look at the things that he worked on that he did accomplish, they were fundamentally necessary to build the long-term success in the future economy that was going to be won that-- one that was going to, again, have a sound financial system that could lead to investment and innovation in the private sector. and you know, so i admire the fact that he was able to get as much done. and i, as i said, i think there was a dilemma in

mr. williams here, today. >> yes, sir. can you spell your name for the reporter? >> b as in boy, i-c-k-f-o-r-d. >> thank you, sir. >> mr.williams, for the record, could you please state your full name and spell your last, sir? >> my name is michael keith williams. w-i-l-l-i-a-m-s. >> thank you, sir. >> by whom are you employed? >> transocean. >> and what position do you hold with transocean, sir? >> chief electronics technician. >> and how long have you been the chief electronics technician? >> approximately six months. >> prior to your becoming chief electronics technician, what was your positions within transocean? >> electronics technician prior to that for a period of one year and prior to that i was a roustabout. >> and how long were you a roustabout, sir? >> with transocean, two years. >> were you a roustabout with another company as well, sir? >> no, sir. >> did you have any other oil and gas experience outside of transocean? >> none. >> ok. as chief electronic tech, can you please briefly describe your job responsibilities on board the deepwater horizon? >> first and foremost job responsibilites included maintai

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mr. barney frank. you talk to them. i'm out of it. them, i am out o. things have like unfolded in the way that they have because this is how government is. we were at a point in time wre the economic crisis was ready for a spread the meltdown wa going . people take tions. things go on. i do not think that was set up or use. >> were there any red flags? was there a conflict of interest even at that point? >> trade associations have representatives. small trade associatis usually have representatives of one of their member companies whose big for them, particularly if they do not have a paid on going lobbyist of some sort. not only do these small associations use the offices and personnel of various members, but this is how associations work. he was representing the national bankers association. that is to iran as the meeting for. -- that is to i arranged the meeting for. >> they focus a lot on the actions of your chief of staff. it seems to indicate an opinion that you were responsible. is he under investigation by the ethics committee? >> i don't know.

mr. winslow said no. they have a lifeboat could if -- lifeboats. ben >o board the vessel, it is a three legged stool. you have the master, anager, and the well site leader. those three people are supposed to make decisions. are you aware of that arrangement? >> i am not aware of the arrangements that were in place on the horizon with regard to this. >> i understand it is pretty much the standard on a engagements. it is not just the deepwater horizon. >> alhough i am the well site leader, it sounds like part of the compliment of the vessel, yes. >> it is not a bp vessel? what i'm sorry. at that you were referring to mobile drilling units. >> you are the vp for drilling and completion for bp and you do not know the chains of command aboard a vessel in case in this activity? >> i do not know the chain of command of board precisely the vessels. >> any vessel operated by bp? > i do not know of the tin command is a navy vessel. i believe the oim is in charge of a bp drexel -- vessel. >> what you mean by a bp vessel? >> you refer to thunder course. does the he have any vessels? >> not that i am aware of. fo

o mms. as far as doing the environmental review. i am interested in mr. prius's comments. -- mr. priest's's comments. >> 20 million. i believe that is the most recent -- >> it has dropped significantly since the early days. there have been a lot of articles suggesting that within the mms culture scientists who are there and their recommendations have not received the kind of seriousness that maybe they should. we talked earlier about the consultancy with other agencies in environmental review. can you reflect on your own experience at mms and how environmental decision making is made and how you would recommend strengthening it. some have recommended there be a senior science officer at mms which would give more weight to that side of the equation or is this something that mms should really focused much more on the development side and strengthen the other agencies that we heard about earlier? it seems we don't have as robust an environmental review program at mms that would appear necessary at this point in our a c s development program. what would be each of your recommendation

mr. gagliano, for the record please take your full name and spell your last name. it's jesse mark, m. a r. see, gagliano. g. a g. l. i a n. o. >> thank you. and by whom were you employed, sir? >> haliburton. >> what position do you hold with haliburton? >> technical sale is pfizer. >> what office do you work in. >> i work at how byrnes oak park facility. >> do you work with and vps office as will? >> i no longer, no. >> how long did you work with vps office speakers started with them approximately january of '06 and i was recently, left probably sometime in june. june of this year. >> how long have you been with haliburton? >> started october of 99, so about 11 years. >> prior to haliburton get any other previous oil and gas experienced? >> no. >> images through the describe your job responsibilities, sir? >> working at vps office, i filled the role of account representative. i was responsible for doing basically the design for the well portion, doing runs, provide technical support and operations to the main lab tests test, things of that sort. i also work with the guys on the rigs, logistics, order in products for the job

o oura our arctic drilling is part of the initial operation and be diligent and ready to respond within hours. >> what do you think of marine spatial planning as mr. roberts proposed? >> i am a drilling expert. it sounds like an interesting idea, i don't have the background. >> we have heard so frequently, one of the principles that mr. west mentioned, the need to have contact information of the players in the process. and we have heard repeatedly that companies are reluctant to criticize one another or alpine on the safety they have in the public or to other companies. do you comment on that? >> i think it's human nature to hold forth the judgment or comment until you have all the information. that you understand all sides of the story. when you speculate and make an opinion on something, and you put it out there publicly, it's human nature to defend it. we are coached to manage the safety until you have all the facts and the pieces. >> one problem with that, if you have laggard company, there is not much you can do or call them on it? >> the way that we run our business and partner others, we do an assessment of contractors through the contract

o encrypt all e-mail traffic by default. this is a proactive approach that my tam brings to our jobs. i look forward to answering your questions. thank you. >> thank you. now mr. jim harbper from the cato institute. >> thank you for inviting me to testify. i appreciate you educating the public. my 21 page, single spaced written testimony is only a brief glance at the many issues that are involved in privacy regulation. suspect the one page executive summary is what will benefit you and your staff in the early examinatio of the issue. it says that privacy is a complicated human history. when people talk about privacy, and -- they may mean security from identity fraud. they may mean a distaste for being marketed to in the crash commercialism. privacy refers to control of personal information. that is having the ability to selectively reveal things about yourself and you kingcraft the image you portray to all the different communities the you interact with. as he had seen in discussion today, the online environment is new and different. many people do not know how to control information about themselves. it will not be easy. i may play skunk of the garden party