mr. lamar mckay, the president and chairman of b.p. america. mr. mckay, please begin when you are ready. >> thank you. chairman markey, ranking member upton and members of the committee, i am chairman and president of b.p. america. before addressing the main topic of today's hearing, i would like to reiterate the profound sorrow and regret all of us at b.p. feel for the loss of life and the oil spill horizon explosion and fire. this is very prnlbole to me and b.p. i am from mississippi. i grew up in mississippi. i spent summers on the gulf coast. most of my family's in new orleans. anha

corporate culture, the chairman of president of lamar mckay that there's a willingness to cut costs and take greater risks, i look forward to hearing the aners of mr. hayward our many hard hitting committee member also hear today. i hope we will hear honest, contrite and substantive answers. mr. hayward, you owe it to all americans, for the americans who live and work on the gulf coast, it may be years before they get their lives back, for the americans who lost their lives on the rigs, their families may never get their lives back. mr. hayward, i'm sure you will get your life back and with a golden parachute back to england. but we in america areeft with a terrible consequences of bp's reckless disregard for safety. i yield back my time. >> today it does open our third hearing and a very critical hearing in the deep water rizon oil spill. this hearing provides the subcommittee with an important opportunity to directly question the man who ultimately leads bp, mr. tony hayward and bp's role has been central to the causes of the incident and to the response over the course of our inquiry today, committee investigators working in a by partisan fashi

corporate culture, the chairman of president of lamar mckay that there's a willingness to cut costs and take greater risks, i look forward to hearing the answers of mr. hayward our many hard hitting committee member also hear today. i hope we will hear honest, contrite and substantive answers. mr. hayward, you owe it to all americans, for the americans wh% live and work on the gulf coast, it may be years before they get their lives back, for the americans who lost their lives on the rigs, their familiis may never get their lives back. mr. hayward, i'm sure you will get your life back and with a golden parachute back to england. but we in america are left with a terrible consequences of bp's reckless disregard for safety. i yield back my time. >> today it does open our third hearing and a very critical hearing in the deep water horizon oil spill. this hearing provides the subcommittee with an important opportunity to directly question the man who ultimately leads bp, mr. tony hayward and bp's role has been central to the causes of the incident and to the response over the course of our inquiry today, committee investigators working in a by partisan f