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 that regulate them has long been a source of concern. secretary of interior salazar has taken steps to address this problem, building reforms his been implementing since he took office. we need to do a lot more to protect the health and safety of our people, to safeguard the quality of our air and water, and toopreserve the