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But what halliburton is saying, we worked on it but were just a subcontractor, we were done 20 hours before the accident and all of our work passed the integrity test. theyre saying if youre looking for someone to blame here, look at the equipment operator, look at the people in charge but dont look so much at us. as you said from the beginning, we have a circle of everybody pointing at everybody else and saying, this is where the blame lies. it is a very hard for any senator or congressman to m...

They finished with well ahead of time. the accusation is that there was a problem here that allowed a rush of oil, a rush of methane gas which caused this explosion. but what halliburton is saying, we worked on it but were just a subcontractor, we were done 20 hours before the accident and all of our work passed the integrity test. theyre saying if youre looking for someone to blame here, look at the equipment operator, look at the people in charge but dont look so much at us. as you said from t...

Companies being honest about tests they do on these rigs to make sure their blowout preventers work. theyre either not providing the proper tests or falsifying the results. theres no system that can actually protect the ecosystem and the taxpayers from another disaster that we had in the gulf. similar to a disaster we had in the gulf. you know, it just doesnt work. if youre for that kind of drilling, it doesnt protect us from a calamity. so the only thing we can do is to stop the offshore drilli...

Policemen in that town and then say it was a success, were against the government. youve got to have government that works. montana, we have a surplus. $400 million in the bank. but im not cutting government, were challenging expenses of government. the same way of small businesses and big businesses all over the country are. its not a sin to be frugal. its not a sin to challenge expenses. but it is a sin to cut back on education for our most valuable resource, and when were expected to keep peo...

The door, the place is never the same. >> there you go. >> those scots. >> and the scot s nationalists. companies involved in the unfolding oil spill in the gulf will head to capitol hill today to discuss response efforts. it comes as bp tries to plug the leak again today. this time with a far smaller but hopefully more effective dome. if that doesnt work, engineers are also exploring the option of clogging the leak with debris. everything from shredded tires to golf balls and knotted ropes. >...

>> this is about the democrats in ohio. they led the state poorly. >> did they ruin the country, too? >> the unemployment rate doubled in ohio -- >> did they ruin -- >> since the guys got into office. >> did they ruin the country too? who was the president? refresh my memory. were talking about the rest of the country. what was the condition of the country when president obama got there? >> unemployment in ohio doubled with ted strickland as governor. >> uh-huh. >> thats why that ad doesnt work....

If that doesnt work, they want to shut them down. you would support both of those ideas? >> sure. and since theyre such huge companies, break them up into five or six different companies, put them out in the marketplace, let them compete with everyone else. when these government enterprises go in the marketplace they end up sucking in the market, achieving a semi monopoly. lets have antitrust, help the taxpayers and the housing market. bill: why are democrats in congress opposed to that idea? ei...

Any taxpayer money. so i just want you to know that i am not, and no one that i know in congress, is trying to protect bp. secondly, im glad to know that you are concerned about jobs, because we need to be. the american people are very interested in jobs. this industry, as bad as maybe some of the actors are, and as irresponsible as some of are, ed, one thing i hope you can realize, this is a big industry and its not just big oil. its small companies, its independent companies, and in my state, ...

And liability? >> i am for bp paying every single penny they owe. if we can raise the caps without crashing the entire industry then im for it but im not for putting people out of work. im for putting people into work. >> unlimited does not fit with you? >> if it puts the industry out of work, no. if we can do it in a way that doesnt put the industry out of work and holds bp accountable, im for it. if you havent checked, we cant lose any jobs in america. >> i know that. we cant lose the environm...

Who knew? apparently not brk p. -- bp. so its on to plan b. a smaller containment dome calling it a top hat. five feet tall by four feet wide. it supposed to do a better job of staying put over the gusher. fingers crossed for plan b. well know about that in three days. if that doesnt work, plan c is something theyre calling a junk shot, spraying bits of rubber, golf balls, and knotted rope into the well head followed by a shot of cement to plug it up. the options sound better and better. dont th...