our last hearing of the oversight investigation subcommittee, which i chair. but then again, if you look at the republican party and their coziness with bill oil, i guess i wasn t all that surprised because less than 24 hours before joe barton comments, republican study group was basically making the same accusations along with michelle bachman, steve king and others. joe said it publicly and caught the attention. they had been saying this for the last 24 hours showing how cozy the republican party is with big oil. so out front on this issue and so passionate about this. congressman, do you wish you decided to stay in congress rather than retiring? no, i made the right decision. i ll look forward to finishing up this investigation and moving on. okay. are we going to get the bad guys? is that your hunch in the end on this oil thing? yes, yes, we will. and okay. and a second question that s been bothering me. do you believe, i know you re a democrat, do you believe this
here s what s happening. interior secretary ken salazar will order a new deep water drilling ban in the gulf of mexico. a judge overturned the obama administration s six-month moratorium on drilling. salazar says the new order will make clear why such a ban is needed. and now to a couple of noteworthy outcomes from tuesday s primary election. nikki haley has won her race for governor. she has moved a step closer to becoming the first female governor in south carolina. also in that state, tim scott won the gop nomination for a house seat. if he wins in november, he would be the first african-american republican in congress since
2003. and mexico has joined a lawsuit against arizona s new immigration law. mexico says the law could strain relations with the u.s. back to hardball. welcome back to hardball. today, as we report, a federal judge blocked president obama s six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling. joining me right now is congressman steve scalise, a republican from louisiana. congressman, i have to ask you this. here s rush limbaugh on the joe barton comment today. it was a shakedown pure and simple, and and somebody had the audacity to call it what it was, and everybody is running for the hills. well, that was yesterday actually, but it s been 42 days now since we ve been asking republican members of congress to stand up and say rush limbaugh doesn t speak for the republican party. congressman scalise, here is your chance.