you ll get it as soon as we can make them available to you. now, did bp have an emergency response plan in the event of a failure? an emergency response plan or a spill response plan, congressman? sorry? what was the question, please? did you have a response plan in the event of a failure at the well? we had a response plan which we have what was the date of that response plan? the response plan was last approved, as i recall, on the in june of 2009. please submit to us the date of the response plan and the number of times in which it was updated and who it was that did the formulation of the plan. please inform us for the record whether or not that plan was approved by the mineral management service and on what date.
the event of another major spill such as the one we re experiencing right now? it s pretty clear that the only technology that these companies have invested in for a response to a spill in the gulf of mexico is a xerox machine. they basically xeroxed, each one of them did, the same plan that had walruses in it, that had the name of a deceased person with their telephone number from 2005. it is now 2010. and they all had the same plan. so it s obvious that they all decided that they would promise to the federal government that they could clean up a spill of 250,000 barrels a day, 200,000 barrels per day, but yet in their spill response plan they had walruses, they had the names and telephone numbers of dead people. they just did not take it seriously. and to be honest with you, mms turned into a lap dog and not
the event of another major spill such as the one we re spooe spooensing experiencing right now? it s pretty clear the only technology that these companies have invested in for a response to a spill in the gulf of mexico is a xerox machine. they basically xeroxed, each one of them did, the same plan that had walruses in it, that had the name of a deceased person with their telephone number from 2005. it is now 2010. and they all had the same plan. so it s obvious that they all decided that they would promise to the federal government that they could clean up a spill of 250,000 barrels a day, 200,000 barrels per day, but yet in their spill response plan, they had walruses, they had the names and telephone numbers of dead people. they just did not take it seriously. and to be honest with you, mms turned into a lap dog and not the watchdog, which it should
such as the one we re experiencing right mao? it s pretty clear the only technology that these companies have invested in for a response to a spill in the gulf of mexico is a xerox machine. they basically xeroxed, each one of them did, the same plan that had walruses in it, that had the name of a deceased person with their telephone number from 2005. it is now 2010. and they all had the same plan. so it s obvious that they all decided that they would promise to the federal government that they could clean up a spill of 250,000 barrels a day, 200,000 barrels per day, but yet in their spill response plan, they had walruses, they had the names and telephone numbers of dead people. they just did not take it seriously. and to be honest with you, mms turned into a lap dog and not the watchdog, which it should
b.p. said deepwater horizon has been a nightmare well that has everyone all over the place. on the day you are ready to apologize is the day we can begin to move forward and put together kind of plans to make sure it never happens again. democrats hammered executives for relying on identical and hopelessly inadequate disaster relief plan. exxon caved on the point. when they happened we were not equipped to deal with them. mckay did not. the command structure has been functional and the spill response plan has been leaned upon. republicans argued for drilling in the gulf and accused them playing politics with the disaster. if the president of the united states has a better idea how to solve the problem right now he can pick up the phone and tell b.p. what to do. the fact they re not is simply because the laws of nature and the laws of