{"id":6643,"date":"2010-07-27T11:10:27","date_gmt":"2010-07-27T16:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drillingcontractor.org\/?p=6643"},"modified":"2010-07-27T11:12:31","modified_gmt":"2010-07-27T16:12:31","slug":"quote-of-the-day-%e2%80%9cthe-irony-of-all-this-is-that-the-only-company-drilling-in-the-deepwater-gulf-today-is-the-company-that-caused-the-spill-%e2%80%93-british-petroleum%e2%80%9d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drillingcontractor.org\/quote-of-the-day-%e2%80%9cthe-irony-of-all-this-is-that-the-only-company-drilling-in-the-deepwater-gulf-today-is-the-company-that-caused-the-spill-%e2%80%93-british-petroleum%e2%80%9d-6643","title":{"rendered":"Quote of the Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&ldquo;The irony of all this is that the only company drilling in the [deepwater] Gulf today is the company that caused the spill &ndash; British Petroleum&rdquo; &ndash; US Sen<strong> Mary Landrieu<\/strong>, D-La., commenting during &ldquo;The Deepwater Drilling Moratorium: A Second Economic Disaster for Small Business?&rdquo;, a hearing convened on 27 July by the US Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Sen Landrieu chairs the committee.<\/p>\n<p>Sen<strong> David Vitter<\/strong>, R-La., observed at the hearing that, despite his invitation, the Obama Administration failed to provide a representative to the hearing to explain a rationale for the moratorium. 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