Of course that makes sense and of course the GOP will ignore it. The GOP cares much more about the oil industry making even higher profits and sees anything else as a distraction.
In a chapter released ahead of today's report, the commission blamed the disaster on systemic management failures by BP, Transocean and Halliburton – and said the companies had made a series of risky decisions with a view to saving time and money.
The commission turns its sights today on the shortcomings of a government regulatory regime. The commission, in its early chapter, said a failure of government oversight allowed one such disaster in the BP spill and could allow another unless there are sweeping reforms.
The commission is expected to urge the White House and Congress to bring the offshore oil industry in America in line with Norway and Britain in terms of its safety regulations and capabilities in case of an oil spill.
