***** Official "Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Offshore Drilling" Senate Hearing Thread *****

[L. Coyote]

C-SPAN right now

http://www.c-span.org/Watch/C-SPAN.aspx = "Server is too busy"

[amyrose2712]

1. ...

[L. Coyote]

2. ditto

[L. Coyote]

3. Sen. Bingaman questions now

[L. Coyote]

4. Sen. Dorgan questions

[marions ghost]

5. Menendez asked good questions

they didn't have good answers....

[L. Coyote]

6. relying on "industry self-regulation"

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

7. "stopping the flow of hydrocarbons"

wtf is he kidding?

Newman from Transocean.

[L. Coyote]

8. industry propaganda now

[Adsos Letter]

9. C-SPAN Radio is available, and providing a smooth connection...

http://www.c-span.org/Sites/C-SPAN-Radio.aspx

[dixiegrrrrl]

12. Thank you...

as I predicted, Cspan has cut away, while the Comm is on break, but sometimes they do not return to the hearings.
fortunately, often archived videos can be found at the Committee websites.

[malaise]

14. No research on deep water spills?

This is fucking unbelievable. BP says they have lots of experience bla bla bla.
Should I laugh or cry.
Go Jeanne Shaheen!

[L. Coyote]

10. Under Bush Junta Oil Industry was in charge of regulating Oil Industry

[L. Coyote]

11. dodging the questions continues

[malaise]

13. Back on now n/t

[malaise]

15. This British Haliburton guy is arrogant beyond belief

Sessions is pissed - good - they're your friends Jeff.

[dixiegrrrrl]

16. Sessions is my Senator. Sigh.

[dixiegrrrrl]

17. BP dodges the question: " define legitamate claims".

Being questioned by Landrieu, the one who said the spill " is just a sheen, about the thickness of 2 hairs".

[malaise]

20. Well they own Landrieu and Sessions

No biggie

Coverage here now
http://cspan.org/Watch/Media/2010/05/11/HP/R/32775/Oil+leak+Under+CONGRESSIONAL+Investigation.aspx

[Skidmore]

18. Wonder if Sessions and Landrieu have enough decency to get queasy

at remembering all the glad handing they've done with these oil people and the corners they've cut for them.

[dixiegrrrrl]

19. Cspan just cut away.

Here is online Senate site:
http://energy.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings.LiveStream

[dixiegrrrrl]

23. Yea for the too few protestors at the hearings!!!!

[marions ghost]

21. Landrieu asking questions that should have been asked years ago

She's a little behind the curve...

:eyes: Landrieu looks so lame. How can she have any cred on this subject?

[Skidmore]

22. This hearing can still be accessed via live stream at

http://energy.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings.LiveStream

[janx]

24. I watched most of it and was amazed

at how many questions BP could not answer!