Cohen Questions BP, Transocean on Oil Spill Liability at Judiciary Hearing

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today questioned British Petroleum America Chief Executive Lamar McKay at a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing about the Gulf Coast oil spill.

Footage of Congressman Cohen’s comments and questions at the House Judiciary Committee hearing on the “Legal Liability Issues Surrounding the Gulf Coast Oil Disaster” can be viewed by selecting the following three links:

Opening Statement
https://www.youtube.com/user/RepCohen#p/a/u/0/sJVtgNgPb8s

Question and Answer Segment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2yh-prg1kQ

Question and Answer Segment Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_ugmekTeOE


List of witnesses testifying at hearing:

Keith D. Jones
Father of Gordon Jones who died while working on the Deepwater Horizon
Baton Rouge, LA

Rachel G. Clingman
Acting General Counsel
Transocean, Ltd.
Houston, TX

Douglas Harold Brown
General Counsel
Transocean, Ltd.
Survivor of Deepwater Horizon explosion
Houston, TX

James W. Ferguson
Sr. Vice President and Deputy General Counsel
Halliburton, Inc.
Houston, TX

Stephen L. Stone
Employee and survivor of Deepwater Horizon explosion
Transocean, Ltd.
Houston, TX

William C. Lemmer
Sr. Vice President and General Counsel
Cameron International Corporation
Houston, TX

Byron Encalade
President
Louisiana Oysters Association
Pointe à la Hache, LA

Vincent J. Foley
Partner
Holland & Knight, LLP
New York, NY

Hon. Jim Hood
Attorney General
State of Mississippi
Jackson, MS

Tom C. Galligan
President and Professor
Colby-Sawyer College
New London, NH

Daryl Willis
Vice President, Resources
BP America
Houston, TX