folks on the gulf coast and across america are rightly -pdemanddd swift action to clean up bp's mess and end the ordeal. they are also demanding to know place and howwwe can maae sure this never happens again. that is what i would like to spend a few minutes talkinn to you aaout. first and foremostt what led to the disaster was a breekdown of responsibility on the art of bp, and perhaps others, including transferocean oceen and halliburton. we will hold them accountable for the cause, and shutting it down, nd repairing the damage. even as we continue to hold bp accountable, we also need to hood washington accountable. this catastrophe is unprecedented and presents a host of new challenges we are working to address. the challenges what lessons we can learn from the disaster to make sure it never happens agaan. if the laws on our books are inadequate to prevent such a spill or if we did not enforce i want to know what worked and what did not work in thee response to the disaster and phere oversight broke down. we know the cozy relationship between oil and gas companies and the agencies