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Obama, Barack - President
Good afternoon, everybody. I just finished meeting with some of my Cabinet and administration officials about the ongoing efforts to stop the BP oil... |
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Obama, Barack - President
The potential devastation to the Gulf Coast, its economy, and its people require us to continue our relentless efforts to stop the leak and contain... |
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Obama, Barack - President
Now, the most important order of business is to stop the leak. I know there have been varying reports over the last few days about how large the leak... |
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Obama, Barack - President
Our second task has been to contain the spill and protect the Gulf Coast and the people who live there. We are using every available resource to stop... |
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Obama, Barack - President
This week, we also sent to Congress legislation that would provide us with the additional resources to mitigate the damage caused by this spill. And... |
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Obama, Barack - President
It would also help ensure that companies like BP that are responsible for oil spills are the ones that pay for the harm caused by these oil spills -–... |
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Obama, Barack - President
Let me also say, by the way, a word here about BP and the other companies involved in this mess. I know BP has committed to pay for the response effort,... |
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Obama, Barack - President
I understand that there are legal and financial issues involved, and a full investigation will tell us exactly what happened. But it is pretty clear... |
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Obama, Barack - President
That includes, by the way, the federal government. For too long, for a decade or more, there has been a cozy relationship between the oil companies... |
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Obama, Barack - President
Now, from the day he took office as Interior Secretary, Ken Salazar has recognized these problems and he’s worked to solve them. Oftentimes he has... |
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Obama, Barack - President
And so I’ve asked Secretary Salazar to conduct a top-to-bottom reform of the Minerals Management Service. This week, he announced that the part of... |
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Obama, Barack - President
We’ve also ordered immediate inspections of all deepwater operations in the Gulf of Mexico. And we’ve announced that no permits for drilling new wells... |
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Obama, Barack - President
Now, as I’ve said before, domestic oil drilling continues to be one part of an overall energy strategy that now includes more clean, renewable energy... |
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Obama, Barack - President
The people of the Gulf Coast need our help, and they deserve nothing less than for us to stand up and do whatever is necessary to stop this spill, prevent... |
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Obama, Barack - President
It’s also our job to make sure this kind of mess doesn’t happen again. It’s a job we’ve been doing. It’s a job we will keep doing until the well is... |
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Obama, Barack - President
Thank you very much. |