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Today s sub committee hearing was chaired by bart stupak. you had your star witness. tony hayward. center of the table. democrats and other republicans on the committee asked a lot of tough questions this is what you got. we ve launched an investigation. i should wait the launch of investigation. i m not prepared to speculate. i can t pass judgment on those igs decisions. . i can t pass judgment on who made the decisions. i m afraid i can t answer that question. i generally don t know. i can t answer that. i m afraid i can t answer that question. satisfied? absolutely not. not only for me but the american people. we sent mr. heyward the questions, we laid out our june 14th letter. chairman waxman and i. here are the areas we ll hit.

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I want you to listen. the current administration also shares a significant portion of the blame for the oil spill. i mentioned mms earlier. mms officials approved inadequate spill response plans. and field inspectors, rubber stamped papers submitted by oil companies. there are fair questions to the administration. i assume you both agree. i want to ask you about your role in this. we went back and looked at oversight hearings held by congress. in 2010 prior to this explosion and 11 deaths and catastrophe environmentally. zero hearings. back in 2009 after a couple damming inspector general reports there were five in the house and two in the natural. 2008 there were zero hearing on this issue and 2007 one in the house and two in the senate. in that period i mentioned democrats were in charge. democrats held the chairman

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Position? mike zangy, drilling engineer. if you want to consult with that individual, let us know, we will give you the opportunity to before you answer the question. is that clear? thank you, and mr. hayward, i m going to ask you to please rise, raise your right hand and take the oath. do you swear or affirm the testimony you are about to give to be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth in the matter pending before this committee? i do. let the record reflect the witness answered in the affirmative. you are now under oath. we would like to hear an opening statement from you. you may submit a longer statement if you wish, for the record. from all members of the committee, we appreciate your willingness to appear here today. chairman waxman, chairman

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100617:18:12:00

America s ocean, and it is america s citizens who are being harmed. this committee is about to resume the questioning. there you see bart stupak, calling the session to order. inability to answer the questions. we initially wanted to have this hearing last week, however, your staff pleaded with the committee to give you an additional week so you could be adequately prepared for this hearing and we agreed. in addition to the extra week, we allowed you to prepare, chairman waxman and i sent you a 14-page letter outlining five issues you should be prepared to address in today s hearing. you did not address any of those issues in your opening statement. and thus far, you have responded to our questions with little substance and many claims of not knowing or not being part of the decision making processes. you ve preached accepting responsibility for actions to your staff in town hall meetings. and yet, you have not yet