We havent had a major accident in the Outer Continental Shelf in 50 years so everybody had decided these blowout preventers are so good and so effective that all you had to do was push that magic button on the BP rig but it didnt work. So the Committee Chairman is right: We need more than a cookie cutter contingency plan."
-- Energy & Commerce Committee Ranking Member Joe Barton (R-Ennis-Arlington) at a Tuesday hearing entitled Drilling Down on Americas Energy Future: Safety Security & Clean Energy"
