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And when i kwumpb eried about how he dealt with safety and the command chain in rig safety not to be in that loop i found that to be puzzling and it doesn't surprise me that they have gone ahead and removed him from the spot. . what do you think of his replacement, bob dudley. what your impressions of him? >> i have no prior dealings with him. he's not someone that i recall having been to committee in front of us. >> let me ask you about the comments of your republican colleague joe barton. do you think he should retain his leadership post on that committee given those statements where he apol...

Command, but as i said, i wasn't involved in the decision making on the day. >> okay, let's do this then. if you were not involved in the decision making of how safety is approached on these rigs and platforms, would you submit to us in writing for the record a description of what that chain of command is, and what the process is when there's a difference of opinion on how you approach rig safety? would you be willing to submit that? andly ask y li will ask you andm to submit that for the record. in addition, since becoming ceo, have you been brief on the significant safety incidents that have...

This country to bear. >> okay. >> okay. are you currently working on industry wide efforts to look at rig safety? >> we have med recommendations to the mms, particularly with respect to blowout preventers. and we will continue as we learn what the realities of this accident are. to make our recommendations to the relevant authorities. and i believe that in the course of the coming months, the industry will work together to determine what is the best way forward. >> we hope that you are working together, because i hope you understand our frustration, when you have stated before, safety would be...

Currently working on industry-wide efforts to look at rig safety? >> we have made recommendations to the mms with respect to the things we have learned so far, particularly with respect to blowout preventers and we will continue as we learn what the realities of this accident are, to make our recommendations to the relevant authorities and i believe that in the course of the coming months, the industry will work together to determine what is the best way forward. >> we hope that you are working together because i hope you understand our frustration when you have stated before safety would be a...

The decision making of how these issues were approached, would you commit to us in writing for the record a description of what that chain of command is and what the process is when there's a difference of opinion on how you approach rig safety? would you be willing to submit that to us for the record? in addition since becoming ceo, have you been briefed on the significant safety incidents that have occurred in bp's exploration, alaskan production facilities over the past year? have you been briefed? >> i have discussed those issues out of the group operating. >> as a result of these discussi...