mr. watson? >> i'm not sure i can grade all of the differences across the jurisdiction. >> i just want to know what bottle should we be looking at and what -- >> we start with regulations in each country and then we apply our standards on top of those regulations. the application of our process and procedures are similar in other ountries. whether our particular requirements in a particular country we of course comply with those. our view is certainly that the u.k. and u.s. have very high standards. >> mr. mulva? >> the greatest part of our experience and operation has been in the north sea. particularly norway and the united kingdom. and in norway and the united kingdom, especially developed some of the best practices that are applicable and used around the world. so based on our experience for several decades, those best practices and oversight review have been applied and used in the industry and other places of the world. so i would say that they rank quite up at the top in terms of capabilit

mr. watson. >> thank you, mr. 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

watson: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the resolution under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. watson: mr. speaker, i rise in strong support of this resolution and yield myself as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. watson: mr. speaker, i want to thank my good friend, congressman faleomavaega, for introducing this important resolution which calls for a peaceful resolution to the political situation in thailand through democratic means. as we all know, early err this year red shirt protesters -- earlier this year, red shirt protesters occupied the streets ppof bangkok for nine weeks. at first these protests were peaceful, over time, however, clashes between the red shirts and the security forces escalated into urban warfare. by midmay, 89 people in the vast majority of them -- and the vast majority

mr. watson? >> our emphasis is on prevention of the spill. >> short, but let's say you get the call on april 20, it was your well. what would you have done?? >> we would of exercise proper work authority. we use stop work authority. >> you're well below what. what would you do? >> we would activate the spill response plan to remove the old. >> my concern is chevron and shell in your case, its 200,000 barrels a day in your response plan. that is a lot more than is currently leaking out into the gulf. on paper, these plans might seem reassuring. the reality shows that you cannot prevent oil from reaching the gulf shores. mr. tillerson states a response that exxonmobil prepared for these the mets -- commitments in its permit including a worst- case scenario. do you stand by that statement? >> i do, because the permit does not guarantee that the oil will not get to shore. nor does it guarantee that it will all be contained. >> where it 40,000 barrels a day? 40,000 is what we have been saying. exxonmo

watson: mr. speaker, and to the authors and co-sponsors of this resolution, i just want to add to the testimonies that you have already heard in support of this resolution, commending the naacp, that many of us would not be here if not for the work and the support of others of the naacp. i am a case in point. i remember being elected as the first african-american woman to the second largest school board in the united states, that's l.a. unified school district, and in the california state senate as the first ever. and i was so proud that members came to me to show me their membership in the naacp. i then knew that the work that was done over 100 years ago was of such vision for the future of this country and particularly my state of california, the largest in the union, and the first state to be a majority of minorities, that that vision, that hard work, that dedication brought about justice so that the california and the united states of america -- the state of california and the united states o

watson, and the gentleman from utah, mr. chaffetz, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from california. ms. watson: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. watson: madam speaker, i now yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. watson: h.res. 1429 celebrates our most enduring symbol, the american flag. with this resolution this chamber expresses its support for the annual recognition of flag day. the gentleman from ohio, representative robert latta, introdoused h.res. 1429 on june 9, 2010. it was referred to the committee on oversight and government reform which waived consideration of the bill to expedite its consideration on the floor today. we celebrate flag day on june 14, the anniversary of the continental congress' passage of the first flag act in 1777. the flag is our symbol, a symbol of hope, courage and freedom. all around the world it repre

watson, and the gentleman from utah, mr. chaffetz, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from california. ms. watson: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. watson: madam speaker, i now yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. watson: madam speaker, i rise today in strong support for h.r. 2142, the government efficiency, effectiveness, and performance improvement act by congressman kyaire -- kyyar -- cuellar. i believe the measure before us would strengthen the oversight and policc processes in place for evaluating the effectiveness of agency programs. the issue of performance-based budgeting has been long viewed as the next step to pursuing a framework for managing agency resources and justifying our program funding decisions. these issues were discussed extensively during the subcommittee on government management, organization, and procurement hea

watson: -- ms. waters: thank you very much. i'd like to begin by thanking the chair of the financial services committee, my colleague, mr. barney frank, for the leadership that he has provided and bringing us to this point in doing a regulatory reform. there were times i thought it would never happen but because of his brilliance, because of his leadership and his ability to listen to all of the members who serve not only that committee but the conference committee, we find ourselves here. but i would like at this point in time to engage my chairman, to make sure that i understand one particular word that was used in this conference committee report. so if i may make an inquiry of the gentleman from massachusetts, i'm trying to understand the meaning of the word initiated in paragraph 5 of the conference report. would initiated include any program or initiative that has been announced by treasury prior to june 25, 2010, and if so, i assume that that means that programs such as the f.h.a., refinance program, which would address the problems of negative equity, which i understand treasury and the f.h.a. are working on, but

watson: madam speaker, last week the house passed h.j.res. 86 a joint resolution commemorating the 60th anniversary of the korean war. that resolution was introduced by the gentleman from new york, mr. engel, and three other distinguished veterans of the korean war, the gentleman from michigan, mr. conyers, the gentleman from texas, mr. johnson, and the gentleman from north carolina, mr. coble. we had hoped the senate would take up and pass the house version of the joint resolution and then send it over to the president for his signature before tomorrow's korean war commemoration in statuary hall. however, the other body made a number of technical corrections to their version of the joint resolution subsequent to last week's house action and as a result, the only viable means for us to get the joint resolution to the president in a timely fashion was for the house to take up and pass the joint -- the senate joint resolution, which is the legislation before us today. madam speaker, i urge all my colleagues to support this resolution and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves the balance of her time. the gentlewoman from florida is recogni

mr. watson. >> if the other three gentlemen could say they agree or disagree. >> i would agree. >> thank you, sir. mr. mulva? >> with respect to the moritorium -- >> the gentleman needs to just say yes or no. >> i apologize. the gentleman's time has expired. >> the gentleman recognizes -- the gentleman from washington state. >> this is not one simple human failure running through a stop sign. it was going through one stop sign after another, no batteries, high -- hydrolically not fixed. we get an e-mail from someone that said, who cares, it is done, end of story, we will probably find a good cement job. if the airlines industries operated this way -- one of the problems is the culture. i think in is a question about the culture of british petroleum, whether it rewards safety performance. mr. mckay how many people have lost their jobs as a result of this disaster at british petroleum? >> i don't know of any yet that have lost their jobs. a couple people have been placed on administrative leave as investigations are conducted. >> do you think that will hatch over time? >> it is hard to spec