that this is the a good opportunity to bring it up in a strategic way where they didn't have to be cuppable at the same time but by a loss of i guess someone was out to lunch or who knows what was going on. but whoever missed this opportunity really did the country a disservice. the right wing in this count rirks and i won't say all plidges and all people on the right because i believe there's a lot of good people. but they've been running this campaign of race in code for the past two years. not in everything they do. but on a lot of issues. and i'm a white 43-year-old male and i see it. but the fact is that this has been going on for a while and they just got caught this time because this idiot. but at the same time the administration is sitting back not taking the whole that i believe they should to step out and represent the interests not just of black people, not just of poor white people but all of us as americans. i'll take my response off the air. thank you. host: all of you were nodding. who wants to go first? guest: i think obama as sort of a critic of his administration, i would

that this is the a good opportunity to bring it up in a strategic way where they didn't have to be cuppable at the same time but by a loss of i guess someone was out to lunch or who knows what was going on. but whoever missed this opportunity really did the country a disservice. the right wing in this count rirks and i won't say all plidges and all people on the right because i believe there's a lot of good people. but they've been running this campaign of race in code for the past two years. not in everything they do. but on a lot of issues. and i'm a white 43-year-old male and i see it. but the fact is that this has been going on for a while and they just got caught this time because this idiot. but at the same time the administration is sitting back not taking the whole that i believe they should to step out and represent the interests not just of black people, not just of poor white people but all of us as americans. i'll take my response off the air. thank you. host: all of you were nodding. who wants to go first? guest: i think obama as sort of a critic of his administration, i would

safety report, developed a plan to implement the organization and asked the department ig to examine cuppability and issue suspensions of new high-risk activity until there is evidence that blowout preventers are safe enough and the oil industry is capable to respond to another spill. these actions are long overdue but they are necessary steps in the effort to revitalize drilling regulation, and i welcome this chance to learn more about them. chairman stupak and markie, thank you for holding the hearing. and i hope we can learn the extra part of our investigation as to what the regulators were doing during this 10-year period. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. barton for opening statement, please. >> i thank you both chairmens and the full committee chairman waxman, for this hearing. i welcome our two former cabinet secretaries who are both friends of mine. we appreciate you all voluntarily coming today. three months ago today, an explosion tore through the ship. it killed 11 men. it has filled great swaths of the gulf of mexico with crude oil. as the spreading spill has focused the nation's atten

that this is the a good opportunity to bring it up in a strategic way where they didn't have to be cuppable at the same time but by a loss i guess someone was out to lunch or who knows what was going on. but whoever missed this opportunity really did the country a disservice. the right wing in this count rirks and i won't say all plidges and all people on the right because i believe there's a lot of good people. but they've been running this campaign of race in code for the past two years. not in everything they do. but on a lot of issues. and i'm a white 43-year-old male and i see it. but the fact is that this has been going on for a while and they just got caught this time because ts idiot. but at the same time the administration is sitting back not taking the whole that i believe they should to step out and represent the interests not just of black people, not just of poor white people but all of us as americans. i'll take my responseff the air. thank you. host: all of you were nodding. who wants to go first? guest: i think oba as sort of a critic of his administration, i woulsay he has