that the highest priority is to stop the leak, and clean it up. that is what my focus is. >> mr. burgess for questions. >> thank you, mr. chairman. highest priority stopping the leak. let me ask you, mr. hayward, is your presence here today in any way interfering with that number one task of stopping the leak? >> it is not. >> thank you. let me ask you -- let me make a statement for clarification. i am not going to apologize to you t. was, after all, bp executives who were with on that rig. pp executives who ultimately could have made the call to stop operations when things became unsafe. and ultimately you are the person at the top and you are responsible. we lost 11 men on that rig. i don't feel apologies are in order. but, mr. chairman, i do have serious questions about the setup of this fund that we heard about from the white house yesterday. i hope this committee will stay engaged in the oversight of that activity as well.