*Administration of Barack H. Obama, 2010 *

**Statement on Senate Action on Oil Pollution Liability Legislation **

*May 18, 2010 *

I am disappointed that an effort to ensure that oil companies pay fully for disasters they cause has stalled in the United States Senate on a partisan basis. This maneuver threatens to leave taxpayers, rather than the oil companies, on the hook for future disasters like the BP oil spill. I urge the Senate Republicans to stop playing special interest politics and join in a bipartisan effort to protect taxpayers and demand accountability from the oil companies.

*Categories:* Statements by the President : Oil pollution liability legislation, Senate action*.*

*Subjects:* Business and industry : Corporate responsibility; Congress : Bipartisanship; Energy : British Petroleum; Energy : Offshore oil and gas drilling; Environment : Oil spills :: Environmental effects and cleanup efforts; Gulf of Mexico : Deepwater Horizon oil spill :: Environmental effects and cleanup efforts.

*DCPD Number:* DCPD201000393.