Thursday
May272010
Pelosi Blames Bush For Lax Offshore Drilling Oversight
Thursday, May 27, 2010 at 1:10PM
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) attributed any lack of oversight surrounding the massive oil spill off the Gulf Coast to the previous presidential administration during a press conference Thursday.
“Many of the people appointed in the Bush administration are still burrowed in the agencies that are supposed to oversee the [oil] industry,” Pelosi said when asked if Democrats could have prevented or mitigated the crisis by keeping a closer watch on the industry.
Added the Speaker, “the cozy relationships between the Bush administration’s agency leadership and the industry is clear.”
While Republicans have challenged President Barack Obama’s response to the disaster, Pelosi said Thursday that she has not encountered any criticism from her side of the aisle.
“I've heard no complaints from my members about the way the president has handled it,” Pelosi stated.
Pelosi’s remarks followed the resignation of Elizabeth Birnbaum as Director of Minerals Management Service [MMS], the agency with regulatory authority over companies that perform off shore drilling.
“Many of the people appointed in the Bush administration are still burrowed in the agencies that are supposed to oversee the [oil] industry,” Pelosi said when asked if Democrats could have prevented or mitigated the crisis by keeping a closer watch on the industry.
Added the Speaker, “the cozy relationships between the Bush administration’s agency leadership and the industry is clear.”
While Republicans have challenged President Barack Obama’s response to the disaster, Pelosi said Thursday that she has not encountered any criticism from her side of the aisle.
“I've heard no complaints from my members about the way the president has handled it,” Pelosi stated.
Pelosi’s remarks followed the resignation of Elizabeth Birnbaum as Director of Minerals Management Service [MMS], the agency with regulatory authority over companies that perform off shore drilling.
Reader Comments (13)
Pelosi is all for a complete and total ban on all oil, anywhere and everywhere. As long as she can gas up her limo and get jet fuel for her taxpayer funded first class party plane.
What about the TWO waivers granted to BP under the CURRENT administration Mrs. Speaker of someone else's house!!?!?
was head of the mms the job sestak was offered???
(sarc off)
LOL, Sure Nancy. Why don't you blame Bush for WW2?
When your husband Paul Pelosi in an investment banker you should not throw stones while your signing waivers
When your husband Paul Pelosi in an investment banker you should not throw stones while signing BP waivers
Is drug testing not a requirement for these people,she has smoked some really good stuff and is still up there maybe a good time to test her,she has gotta be stoned.
Mark. Federal employees and welfare people are so common in ways. They get to spend tax payers money for nothing while they do not have to pass drug test like private workers. Public Workers can some a natural plant like hemp but no one else or you get Prison time. Make Hemp legal to save your country.
I guess, Buford, that you're including all the current Repugnantcants in your comparison with welfare queens. If not, STFU. Oh yeah, 10-420 on the hemp thingie.
Nancy Pelosi said "I'm rich, old and I am a powerful woman. Who can attack me?. I say every crazy things all the time and I don't care who hate me. The Comm-Libs use me and I enjoy it."
Nearly two years later, and they're STILL pointing fingers at Bush, for any and everything. You're kidding, right? At what point will they finally admit that something is THEIR fault? Oh! I know!.... when hell freezes over.
Can this woman every stop making her self sound like a biased. lunatic?
Yes; while George Bush has been out of office since January of 2009, and sitting on his ranch, magically used mind control to cause the explosion to occur.
San-Francisco is a sanctuary because Pelosi is afraid of being hauled away in an ambulance to the funny farm.
Except; she's not funny....
http://www.johndennis2010.com/
This guy is running against Pelosi.