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dad suddenly passed away and he matured quickly in a setting like that with a family that surrounded him and a community that helped him regain his footing. he began with interest in public service not because of personal ambition, but because of his passion and faith for america and a beef that america needed individuals who would put the country first and who would put the issues of america ahead of the issues of their personal concerns and so he went to washington and for 14 years, ...

Drilled a well 1,000 feet from his demick, pennsylvania. a month later his water well was contaminated. >> my daughter would get in the shower before school and shed have to lay outen the floor and thought she would pass out because of methane in water. >> they cited cabbott for a faulty well casing that allowed gas to contaminate the aqua for. cabbott supply fresh water to the neighbors they settled with the state for $4.1 million. >> we believe that america does need to seek out the own natura...

Blowout preventers. we put in place this past fall a set of new drilling safety rules that imposes the first -- for the first time a set of quite substantial requirements on operators who propose to drill both in the gulf of mexico and anywhere else. it requires certifications by independent engineers of the drilling process. it requires them to address issues relating to well design, well casing, well cementing, which are all in the sat gore of prevention which the president mentioned in some o...

I want to start just by giving you the opportunity to tell me if you think ive gotten any of the facts wrong. >> i think youve gotten a lot of the facts wrong. i think youve laid out a narrative about what weve been focusing on that completely ignores the enhanced safety requirements that weve imposed throughout the industry. weve not focused just on containment. we havent focused just on blowout preventers. we put in place this past fall a set of new drilling safety rules that imposes the first...

And theyve got to comply with all of those requirements before well even consider granting their application to drill. so thats the big missing piece of the puzzle that i havent heard you talk about, and that is extremely significant, far more significant than blowout preventers and far more significant than containment. although those issues are very important, too. >> well, i agree with you that we have not been talking about the changes to drilling process and well design and well casing and ...

New requirements in each and every application to drill that they file with our agency. and theyve got to comply with all of those requirements before well even consider granting their application to drill. so thats the big missing piece of the puzzle that i havent heard you talk about, and that is extremely significant, far more significant than blowout preventers and far more significant than containment. although those issues are very important, too. >> well, i agree with you that we have not...

We havent focused just on blowout preventers. we put in place this past fall a set of new drilling safety rules that imposes the first -- for the first time a set of quite substantial requirements on operators who propose to drill both in the gulf of mexico and anywhere else. it requires certifications by independent engineers of the drilling process. it requires them to address issues relating to well design, well casing, well cementing, which are all in the category of prevention which the pre...

All of those requirements before well even consider granting their application to drill. so thats the big missing piece of the puzzle that i havent heard you talk about, and that is extremely significant, far more significant than blowout preventers and far more significant than containment. although those issues are very important, too. >> well, i agree with you that we have not been talking about the changes to drilling process and well design and well casing and cementing. weve been talking a...