markey. >> turn on your microphone and move it in a little closer. >> thank you chairman markey and ranking member upton. >> move the microphone in just a little closer. >> ok. very good. thank you, mr. chairman and ranking member upton. my name is john watson and i do lead chevron. as we meet today the tragedy in the gulf of mexico does continue to unfold. our thoughts are with the families who lost loved ones. workers who were injured and communities that are dealing with the economic and ecological damage. for chevron this tragedy is very personal. our employees knew people who died on the deep water horiion. more than 13,000 chevron employees live and work in the gulf region. we have a very personal stake in operating saaely but it is our home, to. for our industry, this is a humbling experience. the american people expect that the energy we need will be produced safely and reliably aad that did not happen here. this morning i'll focus our comments on what chevron did immediately following the accident and why i believe deep water development can be done safely. after the deep water hor

markey: right now, mr. speaker, america's electric grid is vulnerable to cyberor other attacks, by terrorists or hostile countries. our adversaries are actively probing these weaknesses and already have the capacity to exploit them. the consequences of such an attack could be devastating. the commercially operated grid provides 99% of the power use by our defense facilities. every one of our nation's critical civilian system, water, communication, health care, transportation, law enforcement, and financial services depends on that grid. classified member briefings have underscored the urgency of this threat. the grid act, which has been produced out of the energy and environment subcommittee of the energy and commerce committee, woing with mr. upton, the ranking member of the subcommittee, passed by unanimous 47-0 vote. it is the product of monthsf bipartisan work, led by chairman waxman and ranking members barton and upton. it reflects important work of -- by mr. barrow and other members of the energy and

ed markey has asked for a contingency plan if the worst- case scenario were to happen before the new well is drilled. >> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> good morning. some good news to report. northbound on the j.f.x., all lanes have reopened. an accident investigation has now wrapped up. madison street at central avenue, there are still some closures. there is police activity there. there are delays on southbound 95 coming down from the white marsh area. 31 miles per hour around delaney valley. traffic is being backed up on southbound 795 coming out of owings mills. eight minutes on the inner loop over towards the j.f.x. here is your delay. it begins at 795 on the west side. we switch over to white marsh work volume is picking up quickly. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> we're counting down to summer. the summer solstice and it will feel like summer today. we have some good news. the humidity has come down a touch. we're still forecasting temperatures near 90. 71 degrees in rising sun in cecil county. most people feel uncomfortable when the dew poi

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markey a lot. [laughter] it is that usual to have that level of anxiety that these people were sharing with their wives about the safety conditions on those offshore rigs? >> congressman, i have not looked at their testimony in detail, so i cannot comment directly to that. there were clearly things going on at this well in the days and hours prior to the loss of control. we are interested to understand and it is not completed this point. i cannot really say. well control is part of drilling. you're trying to drill into the forces of mother nature and hold that back in a controlled fashion until you can secure it. it is common to be dealing with well control issues on a well in a routine matter. the reason you have well- design and the training sets is so that you can deal with us. you may have to occur kipp -- circulate a kick out so that you can continue operation. you have to have well bore integrity and good equipment and -ppeople that know what thhy're doing. when you have those things, you can

p> congressman markey, those response plans incorporate a number of broad-based studies, marine mammal studies, many of which are part of the e.i.s. statements put together by the m.m.s. and much of the response plan and what is contained in it by regular nation, including the models that are used to project different scenarios for oil spills and many of the statements ann representations in the plan -- >> these arr regional oil spill response plans. how can this be in a response plan for the gulf of mexico. this is the regional response plan that each of you had to put together. >> i understand. >> and it's unfortunate walruses were included and it's an embarrassment they were included but that's part of a larger marine ma'am ell study used in preparing regional response plans. >> mr. mulva, your plan as well includes walruses. mr. watson, your plan has them on page 11-6. how do you respond to having walruses in your plan? >> respond in a similar fashion. the plans are put together in response to guidelines from the minerals management service. >> do you agree it's an embarrassment to

representative markey called their response plans "identical and effective." [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] [gavel pounds] >> 57 days ago, in the dead of night, the worst environmental nightmare in u.s. history began. and in homes ere i across the country, we see the live video of tens of thousands of barrels of oil, billowing into the gulf of mexico every for years, the oil industry's war this could never happen. we were told the technology had advance -- for years, the oil industry swore this could never bp said they did not think the rate would sink. it did. they said they could not handle an exxon valdez size spill every day. they could not. they said it was 1,000 barrels per day. it was not, and they knew it. the other companies here today will contend this was an isolated incident. they will say a similar disaster could never happen to them. and yet, it is this kind of blind faith, which is ironically the name of an actual raid in the gulf, that has led to this kind of disa

. >> i have listened to the opening statement of chairman markey and chairman waxman. i want to say that in terms of doing the investigation, i commend the majority staff that mr. stupak holds, and we're getting the facts assemble and putting them out and an open and transparent fashion so that the american people can understand exactly wwat happened. it is no question that british petroleum, the owner and chief operator of the rig that had the accident, is responsible for the accident. and as mr. waxman has pointed out, it is the responsibility of our major or companies to have adequate contingency plans when things go wrong. i am not trying to whitewash the private-sector and terms of their responsibility for causing the problem. but i want to point out something that has not yet. the five people most concerned about solving the problem are probably sitting before us today. exxonmobil, chevron, conocophillips, shell, and bp america had huge interest in getting it right and preventing it from ever being wrong again. if you ask othem, they would not equal the market ca

i'd like to thank chairman waxman and chairman markey and ranking members barton and upton for their help in bricking -- bringing this legislation to the floor. and i would urge passage today of h.r. 4451. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from nebraska. mr. terry: mr. speaker, i yield myself as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. terry: mr. speaker, i rise today on behalf of our side of the aisle, the energy and commerce committee, and report that we have absolutely no opposition and actually support this bill. mr. speaker, we're considering the collinsville renewable energy promotion act. this was considered in the markup of the committee on energy and commerce on march 24, and in a markup of the full committee on may 26, both times passing by a voice vote. the purpose of this bill is to authorize the federal energy regulatory commission, also known as ferc, to reinstate the terminated licenses for the upper and lower collinsville dams hydroelectric project

congressman ed markey called them -- called their oil spill response plans are identical and the affected. here is an hour 20 minutes portion of the opening statements. >> 57 days ago in the dead of night, the worst environmental nightmare in u.s. history began. on a screen here and in homes across the country, we now see the live video of tens of thousands of barrels of oil billowing into the gulf of mexico every day. for years the oil industry swore this would never happen. we were told that technology had advanced, that offshore drilling was safe. bp said they did not think the rig would sink. it did. they said they could handle an exxon valdez-size spill every day. they couud not. bp said the spill was 1,000 barrels per day. it was not. and they knew it. now the other companies here today will contend that this was an isolated incident. they will say a similar disaster could never happen to them. and yet it s this kind of blind faith -- which is ironically the name of an actual rig in the gulf -- that has led to this kind of disaster. in preparation for this hearing,,this committee re

>> i doubt it because of course you have chairman waxman, ed markey, and those who want to push the net neutrality debate and do not want to intervene. even the president has really had the position of net neutrality as he ran. taking that altogether, i think who ought to be angry and frustrated are the bipartisan group with their letters. there were 60 democrats and 170 republicans, the vast majority of the house and senate, saying not to do this. they are subverting the will of the legislative branch. they are usurping power authhrity. >> congressman john shimkus is a republican from illinois. we are joined also by the reporter from congress daily. >> just as a quick follow-up on the third wave proposal, since you find that so objectionable is there an alternative you support that would give the s.e.c. the regulatory certainty it needs to move forward with broadband regulation? -- that would give the fcc the regulatory certainty it needs to move forward with broadband regulation? >> i would ask where the problem is. where issthe outcry? even the three cases of individuals who claimed

markey, five minutes for an opening statement. >> thank you, mr. chairman, very much. i want to begin by disagrees in the strongest possible terms with what mr. barton said in his opening statement. not only is the compensation fund that was created yesterday at the white house in an agreement reached by president obama, not a slush fund and not a shakeup, rather it was the government of the united state working to prote the most vulnerable citizens that we have in our country right now. # we cannot wait as infortunately so many citizens whoere victims of the "exxon valdez" spill had to wait years in order to see those families compensated. we can't lose sight of the fact that the 1984 bopaul disaster and the lawsuits that were related to it were only settled last week. after examining the documents bp gave the family $5,000. the families in the gulf will be crushed financially unless this compensation fund is put int place. as each day and week and month goes by, the history of these families are going to be altered. and permanently altered unless they are given the f

house democrat ed markey said the other day-- and i think he repeated it again today-- that he wouldn't believe anything b.p. said now. it didn't matter what it was, he wouldn't believe it. do you feel the same way? >> well, first let me say with regard to minerals management, ron widen, democrat, john barrasso, republican, introduced a bill two years ago in 2008 to try to clean up the sorts of things that senator nelson has talked about. so i agree we need to do something there and some of us have been trying to do that 0 for several years. i am skeptical of what i hear from b.p. we've heard estimates at the beginning that continued to grow so i don't know if they know what the truth is on this or if they've been advised by lawyers to not talk about things. but i'm absolutely concerned about the truth and what the american people are hearing. >> lehrer: senator nelson, you've suggest, also, that there should be a criminal investigation of b.p. to see if any laws were broken, any criminal laws were broken. what's the nature of your concern? >> that's what i just referred to, jim. >> leh

massachusetts democrat ed markey chairman of the house energy and environment sub committee said b.p. withheld the higher estimates intentionally. >> b.p. has either been lying or grossly incompetent from day one. i think that they have been trying to limit their liability . >> ifill: b.p. however said the higher estimate was a worst case scenario that would only occur if the blow-out preventer was completely removed, something they said they have no plans to do. coast guard admiral thaad allen, the top u.s. oil spill official said today experts are still trying to determine how much oil is leaking from the well. exact numbers he said will not be available until a new containment system is installed next month. additional reports from the "new york times" and the bbc also raised questions today about how much b.p. knew of existing risk that could have compromised the blow-out preventer designed to seal the well. >> we saw a leak on the pad. by seeing the leak we informed the company. they have a control room where they can turn off that pod and turn on the other one so that they'll ha

markey, five minutes for an opening statement. >> thank you, mr. chairman, very much. i want to begin by disagrees in the strongest possible terms with what mr. barton said in his opening statement. not only is the compensation fund that was created yesterday at the white house in an agreement reached by president obama, not a slush fund and not a shakeup, rather it was the government of the united states working to protect the most vulnerable citizens that we have in our country right now. # we cannot wait as infortunat they had to wait years in order to see their families compensated. we cannot lose sight of the fact that the 1984 disaster and the lawsuits related to it were only settled last week. disaster and the lawsuits that were related to it were only settled last week. after examining the documents, bp only give them $5,000. the families in the gulf will be crushed. they will be crushed financially unless this compensation fund is put into place. as each day, week, month goes by the history of these families are going to be altered permanently unless there are

[inaudible] of these questions that mr.ome%- markey was asking. confirming something said in your written testimony as grossly inadequate, these fishermen and shrimpers getting some payments of $5,000 every month, of what you said in your written testimony is that for small businesses like yourself you have an overhead of $60,000 every month. much more cuubersome.ems to be have you behalf -- have you been getting any payment from bp? >> no, ma'am. i was transferred from one apartment to another because phey had not dealt with small business. it is my understanding that while we have been invited back to the neighboring city two geared to doing anything more than gathering information. everything is being processed in fouu other states. >> have you been given any information? >> in my case i went to a local attorney to start helping me with the process. >> do you have to pay the attorney? >> afraid so. not that i want another loan. >> so, now you have to take out loans to keep yourself float because of claims process. do you think that the process

i really appreciate the tireless effort of chairman markey who has worked with me on this bill and the earlier bill which was the basis for president's order to set up the commission in the first place. i also appreciate the speaker and the majority leader for bringing h.r. 5481 before us today. as we witnessed the continued disruption affecting the livelihood of gulf residents and the environment, a full and thorough investigation must be conducted. the american people want answers from those responsible for the devastating oil -- gulf oil spill. providing subpoena power to the commission will ensure that no stone goes unturned. and it will enable the american people to get the full truth about how and will this disaster occurred. while the president has committed full -- the full cooperation of the federal government to the commission, he doee not have the authority to give it subpoena power. congressional action is required. with the investigation expected to start soon, it's vital the commission has the tools and the resources it needs to get the job done. as i've said repeatedly o

markey, for five minutes. >> mr.bbott, in 2009, an independent firm that bp hired to serve as ombudsman, headed by a former federal judge, substantiated that bp was violating its own policies by not having completed engineering documents on board those bp atlanta's rate when it began operating in 2007. ñ)nzhowever, the managing attoy stated on may 15 that "the be has reviewed the allegations and found them to be unsubstantiated." why would bp not have these critical documents before starting operations of the atlantis rick? >> this is my opinion. the only reason is because they felt it would be a lot cheaper just to build it cutting corners and not getting the drawings approve from their vendors by their own people. that is exactly what they did. a short cut those man hours and did poor engineering practice. >> mr. abbott, what was the response of your superiors at bp when you alerted them that atlanta's was missing crucial final engineering documents that could lead to catastrophic operator error? >> first, i talk

hear congressman barton's opening statement in reaction from massachusetts democratic representative markey and vice president biden. after that, his later comments at the hearing. we'll bring you today's hearing in its entirety. >> thank you, mr. hayward for appearing before us. we have kind of a dual track under way, in my opinion. we are obviously trying to get a the facts, what happened in the oil spill in the gulf of mexico month and a half ago, trying to find out the causes of that spill, what can be done to prevent it in the future, we are obviously very concerned about the mitigation and the cleanup. we have a system in america built up over 200 years of due process and fairness where people that do bad things, or in this case, a corporation that is responsible for an accident, we want to hold them responsible and do what we can to make the libel parties pay for the damages. mr. stupak and mr. waxman are doing an excellent job of working to conduct a very fair investigation. we're going to get into a number of those issues in this hearing. we're going ascii some pretty tough questio

include the mississippi republican governor, mary landrieu, massachusetts democratic governor ed markey, kenneth feinberg, the independent administrator of the bp escrow fund and a former shell oil president. on abc's "this week," jake tapper will talk with rahm emanuel. on "face the nation, got you will hear a louisiana congressman and senator richard shelby. you'll hear the florida democratic senator and the california democrat barbara boxer. on cnn's they will have dianne feinstein and the alaska and senator and a connecticut independent joseph lieberman. you can listen to all five of the sunday morning talk show starting at noon eastern on cspan radio on90.1 fm. we are on the web at cspan radio.org and you can follows on facebook or twitter. >> he was a volatile, emotional, very complicated kind of the press of young man. he was very adventuress. when he was in america, he was 25. >> take a new look at alexis de top fell and his 1831 tour of america. abroad -- alexis de tocqueville and his 1831 tour america. fcc commissioner robert mcdowell talks about the use of public airwaves for

markey a lot. but is this unusual to go home and have that level of anxiety that these men were sharing with their wives about the safety on an off-shore rig? >> congressman, i haven't looked at their testimony in detail, so i can't comment directly to that. there are circumstances we're interested to understand, and it's incomplete at this point. well control is part of drilling. you are trying to drill into the forces of mother nature and hold that back until you can secure it. it is common to be dealing with well controlled issues on a well in a routine manner. the reason you have the well design and the layers of redundancy and all the training is so you can deal with those. it is not uncommon to take a gas kick in a well and have to circulate that kick out and restablize the well so you can continue your operation. to do that you have to have good well teth and -- integrity and people that know what they are doing. that's why i said, if you have those things, you can deal with well control iss