ordered oil and gas companies to submit a well blowout prevention plan when they apply for permits. they will work quickly to process claims for people along the gulf coast. feinberg was appointed by president obama to manage the compensation fund. you may recall as well during those congressional hearings where bp was raked over the kohl's there's a texas congressman joe barton who apologized to the oil company. as a result, barton got in all kinds of trouble, made a comment, called it a shakedown at the white house. that's how he described how the white house got bp to put up the $20 billion fund to compensate victims. would you know he's not the only one to describe it as a shakedown? even though he might have been the the only one to say it on live national television. barton, you see, is part of the republican study committee. that is a caucus of house conservatives. they put out a press release on june 16th that said, let me