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Well, the pressure, location, depth of water and so forth and then produce a risk mitigation plan. this is a process thats used in the u.k. and in norway, and i think some hybrid system of mandatory inspections and a safety case type of approach is probably where were going to need to be, but that will probably ultimately take take l new rule making. but in the meantime, i think we need to constructively move toward that system. >> you called, as we note, the aftermath the most political event y...

Congress, in legislation, in public. so the rest of us can debate it and not after christmas in a dark period in a federal regulation that the guy behind it is asking people to be quiet about. theres the stealth factor that suggests creepiness. not the government you want. >> i will give you that. i dont think the people should be trying to downplay it. i think there was such dishonesty and the fact you are still calling them death panels shows you are not being honest about what this is. [ talk...

Their grievances about these fees. >> the department of transportation has a proposed rule making and its in the comment period right now. the comments end on the 23rd of september. and theyve set up a special website called regulationroom.org. and this is a website where people can go and register their thoughts and it will go to the department of transportation. the other thing people can do is always go to the consumer travel alliance.org and register their complaints in our comments section....

So you know theres going be this new chief regulator, a huge fight about who its going to be. even some of the most basic summer provisions that we would think are really good, theres going to be so much rule-making before we get to what those provisions are. so its going to take some time. so just the fact that theres someone looking its big step forward. >> it is a big step forward. lex is one of those guys. when we find out how were covering the story, hes part of that backbone. hes part of t...

One of the uncertainties a lot of people in the business community are worried about has to do with the fact that theres so much role-making that has yet to occur. hundreds of rules, dozens of studies. is that not a possible reason as to -- because there are so many things that were left vague in this legislation -- >> lets be clear. rule-making doesnt take place based on legislative vagueness. rule-making happens in virtually every piece of legislation that is passed in order to implement legis...

Occur. hundreds of rules, dozens of studies. there were so many things left vague in this legislation, is that now a possibility -- >> lets be clear. rule making doesnt take place based on legislative vagueness. rule making happens in virtually every piece of legislation thats passed in order to implement legislative directors. >> but the vice president said the business community said right now should not have uncertainty because the legislation has passed. they dont know what the fees are goin...

I called her before we reported on this to find out her side of the story. you can fault the media if you want -- >> im not here to fault the media. ai poll jazz apologized on the behalf of the white house. a number of people called quite quickly and asked what our response was. i dont know who else called. i dont know who made calls trying to seek a greater understanding. i think many involved in this made a mistake. >> i hear conservatives and liberals say this administration overreacted becau...

You can fault the media if you want. >> im not faulting the media. im not here to fault if the media. i apologized on behalf of the administration. i will say a number of people called quite quickly after these comments aired and wanted to know what our response was. i dont know -- i dont know who else called. i dont know who made calls trying to seek a greater understanding. we made a mistake on that and i think many involved in this made mistakes. >> reporter: i madder conservatives and libera...

So its been a long process to get here. 2,300 pages. a lot of new regulations and a lot to digest. megyn: supporters say this bill will clean up wall street. the critics say there is a lot more to this than that. what are the objections to the reform as the democrats put it. >> there is regulation of fannie mae and freddie mac. republicans and democrats have expressed concern about that. this is really about giving consumer protection. why are we not going after two of the biggest entities invol...

Habitually goes around the law and goss not believe in the the constitution, when it suits him. when it suits him he believes it. but hes ignored the constitution over and over again and this time hes done it again. >> this is a man-- its not about one man, its about the people the administration will put in place to cook up the details of this health care laup. in terms of-- >> dagen youre misrepresenting the way the process works. >> and, by the way, its bigger than the defense department, why...