ault oil company executives agreed it was inappropriate, even embarrassing to have wal s walruses in their gulf of mexico response plans. chairman markey referenced a bp document that placed the range of the possibility of an accident of 1,000 to 14,000 barrels a day. he asked why the company low balled the actual spill rate at 1,000 barrels per day. the new estimate, 35,000 to 60,000 barrels a day. chairman markey also repeatedly asked for a specific apology. please, one final chance, apologize for getting that number wrong. we are sorry for everything the gulf coast is going through. we are sorry for that and the spill. what i can say is we have provided every bit of data and information we have. and during further questioning from the panelling, mr. mckay offered this i understand everyone s frustration with how long this is taking, but the spill response has actually been