Wednesday, June 9, 2010 9:38 AM
Need-To-Know Memo, June 9
By Christopher Snow Hopkins, NationalJournal.com
1) Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., "said Tuesday the votes should be there to defeat a resolution from Energy and Natural Resources ranking member" Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, "disapproving of EPA greenhouse gas regulations" (CongressDailyAM -- subscription). Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., said in a statement Tuesday that he will vote for the resolution, but the White House has threatened to veto it if it passes (NationalJournal.com).
2) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., "on Tuesday set a July 4 deadline for House committees to have their spill-related legislation ready for consideration" (CongressDailyAM -- subscription).
3) Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., chairman of the House committee investigating the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, "sent a letter Monday to rig owner Transocean Ltd. asking the company to explain company records submitted to his committee that he said suggested there was 'a shortage of technical personnel' on duty at the time" the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded on April 20 (Wall Street Journal).
4) "U.S. officials said Tuesday that BP PLC was collecting so much oil from its broken well a mile under the Gulf of Mexico that it didn't have a big enough boat to hold it" (Wall Street Journal).
5) BP CEO Tony Hayward will appear before a House panel investigating the spill next Thursday (The Hill).
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