Markey Statement on BP Spill Commission Hearing

November 8, 2010 - Following the investigative hearing today by the independent oil spill commission, Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) issued the following statement:

"When the culture of a company favors risk-taking and cutting corners above other concerns, systemic failures like this oil spill disaster result without direct decisions being made or tradeoffs being considered.

"What is fully evident, from BP's pipeline spill in Alaska and the Texas city refinery disaster, to the Deepwater Horizon well failure, is that BP has a long and sordid history of cutting costs and pushing the limits in search of higher profits."