He did something no Republican would ever do. He stood up to the petroleum giant BP. He demanded video of the disaster to make it real to the American people and Floridians. He maintained a focus on resolving the disaster.
5/18/10: Under pressure from Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) and Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), BP releases video from 5/15 of the gusher at the head of the well riser, one of two major leak points from the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig disaster. Independent experts estimated the other leak rate from the wellhead to be between 1 and 3 million gallons a day.
5/18/10: Under pressure from Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) and Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), BP releases video from 5/15 of the gusher at the head of the well riser, one of two major leak points from the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig disaster. Independent experts estimated the other leak rate from the wellhead to be between 1 and 3 million gallons a day.
