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That's the last gas technique for preventing these kinds of disasters. it had to do with decisionis that made on the drilling mud. the decisions about the cement not being ready. did you get a sense that there was any apology in that room today for this kind of behavior? >> there was certainly an apology from bp that sort of issued a blanket apology, we're sorry for everything and not necessariry the specific apologies that lawmakers were looking for and the other companies distancing themselves from b felt they had less to apology for other than their plans which were cleaning up walruses whi...

Companies, gentlemen. now you have to your chance. i want to know one thing. how can anybody defend bp or any company like it that gets all these red flags? and i'm using the "wall street journal" not the daily worker here as my source. red flags, the cement wasn't ready. the drilling mud should have been put in not sea water to counter seat the oil coming up. red flag after red flag after red flag. they preceded ahead to save money. now we have 11 men dead. we have a catastrophe because of shortcuts to make money. how can the oil industry say now, trust us, senator breaux. >> number one, very...

It's the poor workman who blames her tools. are they going to blame their tools? >> i think they're going to have to participate in a totally transparent investigatory process for both civil and potential criminal reasons, where they had better be open kimona. because there is no advantage to trying to keep something secret or hidden. we have to get to the bottom of this. the president -- >> but wait a minute. you're saying open kimona. that sounds faintly indiscreet. are they willing to say we had management screw-ups? there should have been drilling mud in there instead of sea water. we shou...

The cement seal, even though the review plan predicted cement failure. they told investigators this was a horribly negligent decision, the letter added. bp also decided to forego the safety set of fully circulating drilling mud in the well before cementing, that letter claims. indicative of the attitude, one bp official wrote, who cares? it's done, end of story. we'll probably be fine. a big mistake says the head of the oversight subcommittee. >> there should have been redundancies. i mean, the redundancies weren't there. and the conclusion was well, we can cut corner, go on the cheap and noth...

Error, or management shortcuts? are they going to blame it on their equipment? you know that old expression, it's the poor workman who blames the tools. are they going to blame their tools? >> i think they're going to have to participate in a totally transparent investigatory process for both civil and potential criminal reasons, where they had better be open kimona. because there is no advantage to trying to keep something secret or hidden. we have to get to the bottom of this. the president -- >> but wait a minute. you're saying open kimona. that sounds faintly indiscreet. are they willing t...