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Especially from the gulf coast coming to the rescue of these oil company executives. joe barton, top republican on the committee, says no doubt the companies are part of the problem but they are also part of the solution, and the u.s. needs to rely on its domestic oil production, and without that there's more of a demand on foreign oil production and relying on companies that are not friends of the united states, and he says that is not the way to go here. >> also, limiting the liability caps. it's sitting at $75 million. enough with that. >> reporter: right. bp says we're ignoring the $75 mil...

Controversy around caps, liability caps, what is your sense of how much of the cost or of the liability of whether it's lost jobs, lost wildlife, or pure environmental clean-up, will end up with the u.s. taxpayer and how much will reside with the corporations who are drilling for the oil? >> dylan, the taxpayers will not spend a penny on this. because the companies are responsible for it. british petroleum and the other companies, they have said they will be responsible for it. it includes natural resources damages. it includes damages that might happen if the oil spills do come on shore and d...