in 2005, when bp's texas city operation blew up, 14 workers lost their lives n 2006, a bp oil pipeline in texas ruptured and spilled 200,000 gallons of crude oil n in 2007, the year you became ceo, the bp corporation settled a series of criminal charchgs not civil charge, krill unanimous charge and paid $370 million in fines. according to risk met tri, an independent okay, bp has one of the worst health, environment and safety records of any company in the world n only one year, the occupational safety and health administration found more than 700 violations at bp's texas ty refinery and bp paid a record $87 million in a fine. bp was charg with putting profits before safety. earlier this year, a refinery in toledo was fined $3 million for willful safety violations including the use of valves that contributed to the texas city blast. finally, of course, the deep water horizon catastrophe and more evidence that comes in, the more it's clear that that event was foreseeable and it was avoidable. after the explosion, bp said there was no o leaking, then it said there was 1,000 barrels a dye

is there a culture that led to disasters like the refinery explosion in texas city, texas and the alaska oil pipeline spill? >> i think we've acknowledged in 2005 and 2006 that we had serious issues and as a consequence set out to implement systematic change in the culture and safety of bp. i set the tone from the top by saying very clearly safe, reliable operations were our number one priority. we invested billions of dollars in the integrity of that plan. we've recruited many thousands of engineers and technologists into our company including many from other industries such as the nuclear industry and other parts of the chemical and oil and gas industry and we have changed fundamentally a whole approach to the management of our operations through the implementation of significant changes to our processes. >> doesn't seem like that. if you look at the reports on what happened on the deep horizon doesn't look like many safety procedures have changed much at all. mr. hayward, do you feel that your safety record compared to other major oil companies is comparable? >> as i said, it's clear

in 2005, when bp's texas city operation blew up, 14 workers lost their lives n 2006, a bp oil pipeline in texas ruptured and spilled 200,000 gallons of crude oil n in 2007, the year you became ceo, the bp corporation settled a series of criminal charchgs not civil charge, krill unanimous charge and paid $370 million in fines. according to risk met tri, an independent okay, bp has one of the worst health, environment and safety records of any company in the world n only one year, the occupational safety and health administration found more than 700 violations at bp's texas city refinery and bp paid a record $87 million in a fine. bp was charged with putting profits before safety. earlier this year, a refinery in toledo was fined $3 million for willful safety violations including the use of valves that contributed to the texas city blast. finally, of course, the deep water horizon catastrophe and more evidence that comes in, the more it's clear that that event was foreseeable and it was avoidable. after the explosion, bp said there was no oil leaking, then it said there was 1,000 barrels

is there a culture that led to disasters like the refinery explosion in texas city, texas and the alaska oil pipeline spill? >> i think we've acknowledged in 2005 and 2006 that we had serious issues and as a consequence set out to implement systematic change in the culture and safety of bp. i set the tone from the top by saying very clearly safe, reliable operations were our number one priority. we invested billions of dollars in the integrity of that plan. we've recruited many thousands of engineers and technologists into our company including many from other industries such as the nuclear industry and other parts of the chemical and oil and gas industry and we have changed fundamentally a whole approach to the management of our operations through the implementation of significant changes to our processes. >> doesn't seem like that. if you look at the reports on what happened on the deep horizon doesn't look like many safety procedures have changed much at all. mr. hayward, do you feel that your safety record compared to other major oil companies is comparable? >> as i said, it's clear

in 2005, when bp's texas city operation blew up, 14 workers lost their lives n 2006, a bp oil peline in texas ruptud and spilled 200,000 gallons of crude oil n in 2007, the year you became ceo, the bp corporation settled a series of criminal charchgs not civil charge, krill unanimous charge and paid $370 million in fines. according to risk met tri, an independent okay, bp has one of the worst health, environment and safety records of any company in the world n only one year, the occupational safety and health administration found more than 700 violations at bp's texas city refinery and bp paid a record $87 million in a fine. bp was charged with putting profits before safety. earlier this ar, a refinery in toledo was fined $3 million for willful safety violations including the use of valves that contributed to the texas city blast. finally, of course, the deep water horizon catastrophe and more evidence that comes in, the more it's clear that that event was foreseeable and it was avoidable. after the explosion, bp said there was no oil leaking, then it said there was 1,000 barrels a dy

has there been discussion on why the reforms from the texas city and pipeline in alaska have not worked? you know the information our committee has been no you received a letter two days ago concerning decisions made on the rig by a bp representatives. five years from now, how will we know we will not have to repeat this? >> that is why i'm so determined to get to the bottom of the incident such that we can learn from it and make changes to ensure it does not happen again. >> what has happened with your drilling procedures internationally? i know that there are differing standards for different companies. we heard testimony from executives a few days ago. typically norway and the scandinavian companies have the toughest offshore drilling. i know that bp is active in norway. is there a significant difference in what you do in the gulf of mexico as compared to what you do off the coast of norway, or even off the coast of edinburgh or great britain? >> we apply the same standards globally. the truth is that the rules and regulation as i understand it in the gulf of mexico are higher than i

remember bp was also the company that had that terrible explosion in texas city back in 2005 that killed people. their recent track record is not all that great. i think one of the things we can see in terms of looking at other companies that have recovered from these situations at least a little bit, they really have emphasized safety. they built it into the culture. it doesn't just become a buzz word but something people talk about day after day after day and begin to believe in it. i think that will be essential for bp. much more important than changing the name. >> lehrer: robin west, what about the stock price? as we reported at the beginning here that it's down almost a quarter of its stock price, bp is. it lost 15%, another 15% today on the new york stock market. when does that become a problem? >> well, right now, there are those analysts who buy recommendations on bp stock. they believe that the underlying value is so enormous. it's a very.... >> lehrer: you mean this is oil in the ground, that sort of thing. >> they're still making a lot of money in the gulf of mexico aside fro

refinery explosion in texas city, texas. 15 people were killed, 180 were injured. the government did not close all the refineries for six months in the united states to investigate the sins of b.p. then. that would have been foolish nonsense and would have destroyed jobs, the economy, and cause the loss of u.s. energy. so investigate the rig explosion. hold b.p. accountable for their conduct, but don't in a moment of political hysteria stop deep water drilling, wipe out jobs, american companies, and sabotage the u.s. economy. that's just the way it is. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia rise? >> permission to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> madam speaker, in georgia's ninth district there is a small town in elagy, known not only as the apple capital of georgia but also home to the mccutcheon pool small business coalition. the community leaders -- the reason is they are committed to creating an envir

lender smith who owns the alligator cafe in houston, texas, is shut down because she cannot get product. i imagine in new orleans, when i visited that city there were restaurants who seemed to close early because they couldn't get product. but what about the oystermen and shrimpers and fishermen who cannot seem to get a lump sum payment from b.p. as we've advocated for? just speaking to an oysterman in -- just a few minutes ago, he indicated he had not gotten his money. so therefore i am asking my colleagues to support this amendment and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from louisiana. + mr. cao: thank you, madam chair. again, i just want to express my gratitude and appreciation to the gentlelady from texas. she has been a very strong voice and has been very committed to the gulf coast region and in helping the many people who are in desperate need. again, i'd like to convey to her my thanks and i'd like to yield back the rest of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentlewoman from texas. ms. jackson lee: thank you and i thank the gentleman from louisiana and new orleans,

as i close, and yield back to the gentleman, i think about the days when i was on the city council in lubbock, texas. and it was so discouraging to me where we would be sitting in council meetings and we would be sitting with staff and one swoo have an innovative idea of better ways to serve our citizenfully lubbock, texas. but -- citizenry in lubbock, texas. but we'd also hear from staffers that there was a federal regulation that we'd have to check on or i'm not sure that that is in keeping with a certain regulations that would keep lubbock from getting certain kinds of funding because it was stifling creativity in our local communities. and so as the gentleman points out, the founders were very sincere about not making -- not letting the federal government have very many powers because they knew where the best work happens -- to keep innovation and liberty and freedom in place was to limit the powers of our federal government. some way along the line we lost our way and one of the reasons that i joined the 10th amendment task force was to see if we can restore the spirit of the constitution back

cities from the government. this is old technology. host: round rock texas, go ahead on the rep can line. caller: thank you.ou just stole a little bit of my thunder. i resent hearing this is supposed to be o'bama's hurricane katrina. people forget the bush administration had weeks of notice that the hurricane was coming and failed to act then superherded people like cattle daint have security or police there. it's nothing compared to what's going on. thousands of people died and are still missing and i'm glad what you said about cheney because i feel the same way. it's the lack of regulation of this government of big business. big business is just taking over our country and thinking they can do whatever they want because we're going to bail them out around thank you again for that cheney remark, because that's what i was going to make a comment about. host: thank you. we move on to the independent line. caller: i am just a little appalled with everything that's happening as far as the oil spill. the thing i'm concerned about is the government allows this offshore drilling to go on and there was no regulati

can still swim because oil rigs, all the texas beaches, >> tomorrow, on "washington journal", a discussion on the gulf drilling. also, the prospect of several citiesefaulting on their debt. the government's senior director of the audubon society. "washington journal" is live at 7:00 a.m. o'clock eastern here, on c-span. now, a look at a beach in grand isle, louisiana where you can see tar balls. you can see other damage from the oil spill. according to the associated press, bp is having some success tried to slow the flow of oil into the gulf of mexico. it is captioned about two thousand gallons of oil. later tonight, we'll show you the clean-up and admiral thad allen. that is set o'clock p.m. eastern. -- 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> next, new findings on how black and white students fare by job searches when there are out of school, and then it discussion of the future of u.s. education. later, weekly addresses with president obama and the republican national committee chairman. >> new british prime minister and conservative party leader, david cameron, fields questions in his first prime minister's questions, sunday night at 9:00 on c-span. >> accordin

city in congress. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: are there further one-minute requests? for what purpose does the gentlelady from texas rise? >> i ask to address the house, revise and extend my remarks for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. ms. johnson: -- ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is right. will members please take their conversations off the floor. ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, we have had a good week and i'm very grateful that we had the opportunity today to say to the doctors of america that we are committed to your practice, your medicine and your caring for our seniors. in addition we were able to say to iran, who has called for the extinction of israel, has caused the existence of a camp in iraq, and literally tried to destroy disdepartments and resisters -- dissidents and resisters for democracy, that we will not tolerate an iran that's nuclear armed. and so i'm glad that we passed iran sanctions act. but we have more to do and i'm grateful that the president saw fit to change command in afghanistan. it was

judiciary committee, lamar smith of texas who deserves a lot of credit for the langue that's there, there's language in that immigration refm t that prohibits the cities from establishing sanctuary cities. and i n't ha the language in front me, m speaker, but it's langua tt sa to the effect that you cannot prohibit your officers from eorcing federal immigration law, working in cooperation with and gathering -- but the problem is that thoseities got together, they wt to have had a sanctuary policy and apparent found the same lawr or lawyers, or sentout or whatever ties these larger cies together and they found a way to wri an ordince around thfederal language and they prohibited their officr fr gatheringnformation an because they are prohibited from gathering, they didn't have any information to pass on and she with i.c.e. and other law enforcement officers whe it came to immigration. . you create a magnet for illegals to go to those cities where they are shelred by the sank tue area city language. we haveassed amendments on appropriations lls that prohibit any of those dollars cog out of those bills going to those cities where they passed language. bu

city. there have been instances where individuals have had to -- couples have had to split because the job was in texas and the other spouse still had job opportunity in the state that they were living in. so there's going to need to be some flexibility. there's going to need to be some creativity. and there's going to need to be some really look at ways of cobbling together employment in order for people to be able to continue to live, quite frankly. host: corpus christi, texas. nancy calling on the republican line. caller: yes. my question has already been answered because i am over 65, and a big issue many of us are choosing to work because we want to work. it's not that we financially have to work, but we're living longer. i'm in the health care field, and you made the statement, people are living to be in their 80's. intellectually, if we want to stay cognitively alert, we have to stay busy. and i think the comment that was made by the person who wanted what her grandparents had, most of her grandparents' generation didn't live much beyond 65 to 70. and that's what is draining the social security

city of tampa in mourning the senseless loss of these two young community heroes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. green: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, we must extend the emergency unemployment benefits. why? because the program is structured to assist those who are looking for work. if you are not looking for work, you don't get the extension of benefits. why? because 1.7 million people will lose their emergency benefits in four days if we do not act now. and over 100,000 will lose their benefits in the state of texas in four days if we do not act now. why? because for every dollar that we spend on unemployment benefits, emergency benefits, i might add, we turn over $1.63 in economic activity. finally, we must do it because but for the grace of god dr. king was right. it is tied to a single garment of destiny. what impacts one impacts all indirectly. it has an impact on all of us. we benefit when we spend the money. i thank you and i yield back the balance o

there are other cities that showed that states that have had -- studies that show that states that have had aggressive programs, their costs are still -pvery high, like states like texas is an important debate. it is not entirely clear what the true measure of reform would be in this area because we do not know if the tort reform does lower-cost and we need more information. -- does lower-cost and we need more information. -- we do not know if tort reform does lower costs and we need more information. we have different examples and models around tort reform to see what works best and we need to gain information so we can make better federal policy. the whole area of tort reform -- there is nothing that the state could not experiment with. last week, the president put forward that the states could start drawing down money for different experiments on tort reform. and there is another issue that you raised that i want to touch upon briefly, which is, why does the legislation have to be so complicated? why does it take 2700 pages to actually address this legislation? that is a really important question and the reason, i think in part, is because the president made a comm

texas two-step, one step rward, two steps back. i think you might know a bit about that in terms of dancing. they do a dance with us it is pretty harsh. the cities in china i our banker. their prices are lowered our prices are higher at the end of the day they are collecting our dollars and then they come back and buy our treasury bills and so there are bankers. we cannot consistently have t lack of currency floating the currency they should allow to take place as ost countries in the world per met to be manipulated as they do. so as long as we're taking a hard look they are going to continue to collect our dollars. we will continue to be the customers at the bank that is not a good position for american businesses and products and services. i'd like to get a sense of what is wrong with for example the legislation of the chairman and senator schumer have discussed which basically says, if you allow your currency to float, great but if you don't allow your currency to float there is a tariff, there is a consequence china does theeright thing they want these consequences. if china or any other country is the wrong thing there is a consequence. wha