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on our first panel we havv miss natalie roshta whose husband was killed during the explosion. ms. kemp whose husband was killed during the explosion. they were high schooo sweethearts and have a 3-year-old nd a 4-month-old daughtee. thank you both for being here.3 subcommittee to taae all testimony under oath. please be advised that you have the right under the rules of the house to be advised during your testimony. do you wish to be represented by counsel? pull that mic forward, please. >> i do not. -- i do have counsel. >> could you identify your counsel's name. if during testimony you want to consult with him, just take a moment and do so. if they testimony they would have to be sworn in. miss kemp, do you have outside counsel. >> i am formally represented, but i have mr. barry here today to give legal counsel if iineed it. + >> if at any time you would like to consult with him before you answer, please do. >> so please rise, raise your right hand, and take the oath. do you swear or affirm the testimony you are about to give to be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the

. >> her next question comes from natalie. -- your next question comes from natalie. >> i like to know if you have any comments on the special cnn had left plant with the chemist with her thoughts on the severity of the spartans. >> i am not familiar with the special is in question occurred high with a glad to have my press assistant get back to you with an answer -- terry and her i am glad to have of the press assistant get back to you with an answer. >> my question is -- use said a while ago that you trust tony hayward and you rephrase that in talking about your responsibility. the president said that it is in bp's interest to misinform the public and the government about things that could effect its financial bottom line. what steps have you taken specifically to prevent bp from misinforming view, the incident commander? >> this horse hitches this word comes up a lot. there are a lot of ways -- this word comes up a lot. there are a lot of ways to discuss trust. my expectation is they will do what i asked her if they comply with the request, and they are responsive, i do not know how

right now or the marshes, the estuaries, the wetlands where, if you start to see the oil seeping in, natalie canada kill oyster beds end -- not only can it kill oyster beds and hit ecosystems, even the repair efforts in those areas can actually destroyed the ecology in the region we are coordinating with the best scientists we have available. allen is making sure that we are grading priorities for areas that need to be protected first and foremost because they may have the most difficult time to recover. they are not putting in -- in some areas, they have decided not to put any boom in front of beaches. if the oil gets there, it is bad, but it is temporary. all right? thank you, everybody. >> you just heard president obama talk about his trip to mississippi. >> i am going to make a longer statement later. i just want to thank governor bermer and the first lady of mississippi for hosting yeus. we have a range of local and state officials. admiral allen provided a detailed report about what was being done specifically here in mississippi. he fielded questions and suggestions about things can c

chairman with you i offer my condolences to natalie and courtly, will be speaking with us. they both lost husbands on the deep water horizon. i look forward your testimony. we would look to hear about tte impact of those who make a living as fishermen in the vienna, immediate hardship bbing brought to the people that rely on thhs industry. the federal government is looking to close large tracts in the gulf, 37% of the gulf waters closed to fishing with two- thirds opened as well as they controlled waters with legitimate concern that demand for products from anywhere in the gulf will plummet as people watched a spell on the news and become concerned about long-term fishing aspeccs. i say this as a dedicated and aggressive consumer of crustaceans, you cannot help but notice what you are seeing on the television screens currently. it will have an impact on the desire of consumers to buy those products. news images aad the tourrst industry, we are scheduled to hear more about that this morning. much has been done to reveal the delicate balance between nature and the various ind

it's opened to whether or not he'll be charged with the natalie hollowell murder and they've been notified to where her body is? i wonder if the u.s. embassy has been notified? >> we'll take that question as well. i'm not aware that we have but i'll take it. thank you. >> 12 states are holding primaries or run off elections today. the poles have closed in several states and will be providing up a dates on the candidates speeches as they happen tonight. stay tuned for the 2010 election coverage here on c-span. we've got three new c span books for you. abraham lincoln, supreme court and he's buried grand's tomb. perhaps something new to you about lincoln the nation's highest court and grave sites and lives of american presidents. go to c-span.org/books. it's a great idea for father's day. >> now a discussion on the in nuance of the conservative movement and strategies for a progressive or liberal response motted rated by the president of media matters. hosted by the group called the campaign for america's future progressive advocacy organization. note to the viewers due to a technical proble

now, if we look at things first locally and then natalie, which i hope -- and then nationally, which hope you don't cut me off, but when you have 48% of the nation not paying taxes, that creates a big problem because they are taking 90% of the tax money for their career as a welfare person. as a welfare person. i hate to sound so cruel, but we have hard choices to look at here. we have a $13 trillion debt. i haven't seen any money filtered back to main street to create jobs and national programs referring back to the last segment. we should be pushing a national program for energy. , renewables. but let's stick to the subject here. the subject is, how are these munepalts going to get out of this problem? well, part of the problem is, it is the politicians. we have to go right to the source and say, no more tax abatements to lure companies to come back here to build a big box and in a few years they are going to move down the road anyway, because we have incentivized the tax system so that corporations keep money off shore to companies that don't charge high income tax. -- to countrie

is natalie rosh to. >> because of my husband's death, we can begin to focus on making safety a priority. ways to effectively implement the ones that we already have. this tragedy will not be in vain because of right now, it will be in vain. it will not be in vain if it serves to make the lives of every man and woman working in the field safety. >> i do not believe that they are risking lives or destroying families. i am asking you to please consider harsh punishments on companies who choose to ignore satisfied standards before other families are destroyed. my family can never and will never be adequately compensated for our loss. >> these your now widows with small children to take care of, and they are the symbols and the faces of this disaster, and i look forward to your testimony. i yield back the balance of my time. >> thank you. next the gentleman from georgia. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to express my sorrow to the familiar of those who lost their lives on april 20th, 2010. through all the hearings and legislative consideration, we must remember those lives and the lives of