mr. tony hayward, i like everyone else here and in america is thoroughly disgusted. i think you are stalling. i think you are insulting our intelligence. i really resent it. mr. chairman, i yield back. >> mr. engel, member of the full committee, mr. scalese. >> thank you. mr. tony hayward, this is a picture of our state bird in louisiana, and oiiled pelican. i will keep it on my desk as a constant reminder of what is at stake, but i want you to keep it in your mind as well to recognize that we're not just talking about the loss of life which is tragic, not just about the oil that is still spewing from the ell. we're talking about our way of life, not just in losing, but all along the gulf coast. i would hope that you keep this image in your light mind us because a reminder. our two priorities right now are number one, doing all we can to make sure you cap this well, but also to battle as strongly as we can to keep the oil out of our marsh and ecosystem. we do not want to sit back and wait until the oil comes in and thus possibly irreparable damage. we want to be proac

mr. tony hayward is a chief executive officer of bp, shortly after mr. hayward took over as the ceo in 2007, he held a town hall meeting with employees in houston that. meeting he discussed the need for bp to be a leader with fewer people in decision making process. this article and i ask you to put up the guardian article. in an article from september 2007, guardian newspaper, hayward says oil company has become too cautious, assurance is killing us, mr. hayward told u.s. staff noting that too many people were engaged in decision making leading to excessive cautiousness something that critics of its safety performance in the u.s. might question. let me put up these other notes from the same meeting. we received notes from bp of employees and their note taking from this meeting. the employee notes summit rised mr. hayward's statements as follows. i don't think having all these layers of assurance reduces risks and it can actually increase it. individuals need to be accountable for risk and to manage it, end of quote. i find this cavalier attitude toward

mr. tony hayward is a chief executive officer of bp, shortly after mr. hayward took over as the ceo in 2007, he held a town hall meeting with employees in houston that. meing he discussed the need for bp to be a leader with fewer people in decision making process. this article and i ask you to put up the guardian article. in an articll from september 2007, guardian newspaper, hayward says o company has become too cautious, assurance is killing us, mr.ayward told u.s. staff noting that too many people were engaged in decision making leading to excessive cautiousness something that critics of its safety performance in the u.s. might question. let me put up these other notes from the same meeting. we received notes from bp of employees and their note taking from this meeting. the employee notes summit rised mr. hayward's statements as follows. i don't think having all these layers of assurance reduces risks and it can actually increase it. individuals need to be accountable for sk and to manage it, end of quote. i find this cavalier attitude toward assessin

mr. tony high hayward who is the chief executive officerf bp plc. you have a right to be advised by counsel during your testimony. do you wish to be represented by legal counsel? i'm sorry, you have to just press that button right there, sir. >> positive dye not. >> we also asked if you would have a technical person with you so you could consult if we ask some questions that you want to run it by your technical person. do you have a technical person with you? >> i do. >> could you state his name and position for the record, please. >> mike zangey, drilling engineer. >> during your testimony, if you want to consult with that individual, please let us know, we'll give you a moment to doo before you answer but you'll be only one who could answer the question. is that clear? thank you. mr. hayward, i'm going ask you to please rise raise your right handnd take the oath. do you swear or affirm the testimony you're about to give to be the truth, the whole truth and notng but the truth, the matter pending before this committee. >> i do. >> let the record re

mr. tony hayward several times, and to the white house, but i have had no rrsponse. i have a way to seal the pipe and recapped the oil, and use it to pay for the damages. this design is a very unique design and uses a submarine system to seal the pipes. if you are interested i will send you the design ensure you have to do it. host: thanks, john. guest: yes, would you send it to my office? i'm sure that if you sent it to the folks working at the command center in the gulf, they have it. they have a group of people looking at all the ideas. they have thousands coming in the. feel free to send it to my office today. call my office and they will give you the facts of this. i will get it and get it to the people in the inner circle, the scientists and others trying to figure out what to do. i met the the morning with one of the top scientists who has been working for 50 plus days continually. host: down to our last five minutes a couple of other issues i want to get in while we have time -- the house senate conference is under way. there is this headline -- derivatives s

mr. tony high hayward who is the chief executive officer of bp plc. you have a right to be advised by counsel during your testimony. do you wish to be represented by legal counsel? i'm sorry, you have to just press that button right there, sir. >> positive dye not. >> we also asked if you would have a technical person with you so you could consult if we ask some questions that you want to run it by your technical person. do you have a technical person with you? >> i do. >> could you state his name and position for the record, please. >> mike zangey, drilling engineer. >> during your testimy, if you want to consult with that individual, please let us know, we'll give you a moment to do so before you answer but you'll be only one who could answer the question. is that clear? thank you. mr. hayward, i'm going ask you to please rise raise your right hand and take the oath. do you swear or affirm the testimony you're about to give to be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, the matter pending before this committee. >> i do. >> let the recor

mr. waxman. >> yesterday, chairman stupak and i sent a letter to tell me his word -- to tell me his word -- tony hayward that describes a series of decisions that bp made it that seemed to increase the risk of catastrophic blow out. i would like to ask each of you whether you think mistakes were made by bp. >> in reviewing the letter that you both cent, it appears clear to me that a number of design standards were not followed. >> if i could come quickly, you phink that they made mistakes. the answer you would give it yes.d be west depic >> we would not have drilled a well the way they did. >> we have just had a chance to look at your letter. our experts are taking a look at it. i have read it myself. from what i have seen, it is consistent with what the task force found. we have an opportunity to raise the bar, if you will, on standards in the industry, and it appears from your letter that not all standards that we would recommend or that we would employ were in place. >> do any of you disagree with the statement that bp made mistakes? >> is not a disagreement, it is just a confirmation that we do not

tony hayward, ceo of bp. in particular, he publicly stated he wants his life back. mr., i want my brother's life back. and i know the families of the other ten men want their lives back. we wl never get gordon's life back, and his wife will live a life without a husband and her two children, a life without a father. at the top of the united states supreme court building is the phrase "equal justice under law." as a united states citizen and as a lawyer i agree with that principle. unfortunately it does not exist in the cases of deaths occurring in federal waters. this is not a phrase that applies to michelle, stafford and max in this instance. this is not right and i make this request for change for my family, the families of the other ten men and others who may find themselves in our same position and who will quickly learn there are that our current laws don't protect don't protect those who need it most. i want to be very specific. we're asking you to amend the death in the high seas ability to allow for the recovery of nonpecuniary damages. currently michelle and ma

tony hayward, c.e.o. of b.p. in particular, he publicly stated he wants his life back. mr. hayward, i want my brother's life back. i know the families of the other 10 men want their lives back. we will never get gordon's life back, and his wife will live life without a husband and her two children a life without a father. at the top of the united states supreme court building is the phrase equal justice under law. as a united states citizen, and as a lawyer, i agree with that principle. unfortunately, it does not exist in the cases of death os curring in federal waters. this is not a phrase that applies to michelle, stafford, and max in this instance. this is not right and i make this request for change for my family, the families of the other 10 men, and others who may find themselves in our same position and who will quickly learn that our current laws do not protect those who need it most. i want to be very specific. we're asking you to amend the death on the high seas act to allow for the recovery of nonpecuniary damages. currently, michelle, stafford, and max can only

mr. dudley is a native mississippian, he's got a lot of experience in the oil production part of b.p. i had a frank and open conversation with tony hayward and with bob dudley as well, i expect that to continue. i think b.p.'s decision to create a response organization in the gull san francisco a very, very good decision. we need to bring them in, our unified command down there, they need to understand what we need from them. i continue to be very closely -- talk to them a couple of times a day. i think this is generally a positive step. >> do we have other questions from the room? >> i want to know, the fatalities, are they work related? >> they don't appear they are work related. that doesn't mean we don't feel badly about it. our hearts go out to their family but it doesn't appear they're work rhetted. >> other questions from the room? ok, operator, we'll take questions from the phone line. >> hello, admiral, i'm hoping you can walk me through again what happened with the cap, when was it removed? why would closing the vent cause hyyrates because that's caused when sea water gets inside. >> my understanding was they netsed there was s