[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 88 (Monday, June 14, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H4390]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    ADMINISTRATION AWOL ON OIL SPILL

  (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, it took President Obama 12 days to 
visit the gulf coast oil spill. In contrast, President Bush visited New 
Orleans just 4 days after Hurricane Katrina; yet the national media 
harshly criticized his response as being too slow.
  For more than a month, the Obama administration said that BP was 
responsible for stopping the oil. Finally, during the President's first 
news conference in 10 months, he said, ``I take responsibility. It is 
my job to make sure that everything is done to shut this down.''
  Tomorrow the President finally will address the country to discuss 
the oil spill. The national media should hold the Obama administration 
to the same standard they did the Bush administration. Anything less 
shows a partisan bias.

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