| 00:00:03 | I ALSO WANT TO THANK RAB KS MEMBER WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER FOR 15 YEARS ON THIS ISSUE. |
| 00:00:08 | MMS WAS CREATED IN 1985 BECAUSE ROYALTY COLLECTIONED HAD BEEN BURIED. |
| 00:00:18 | IF THERE IS ANY SILVER SMALL SILVER LINING TO THE GULF DISASTER, IT IS THAT IT HAS CALL ED ATTENTION TO LONG NEEDED REFORMS. |
| 00:00:32 | WHILE THE REORGANIZATION IS A GOOD STEP, WE HAVE REAL CONCERNS ABOUT IT'S IMPLEMENTATION AND WHETHER THOSE PLANNING IT ARE CONSUGGESTLTING THE STAKEHOLDERS. |
| 00:00:40 | WE ALSO HAVE TO DISCUSS EXAMPLE OF THE TWO RECENT DIRECTORS GOING TO BECOME PRESIDENTS OF OFF SHORE DRILLING ASSOCIATION NEEDS FURTHER DISCUSSION. |
| 00:00:58 | THE MISSION OF THE ASSOCIATION WAS TO SECURE QUOTE A FAVORABLE REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT FOR OFF SHORE OIL AND GAS DRILLERS. |
| 00:01:06 | YET THEY WERE THE REGULATORS WHEN THEY HAD BEEN WORKING IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR. |
| 00:01:11 | YOU HAVE TO ASK WHOSE INTERESTS WERE THEY SERVING? |
| 00:01:16 | THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS AND STEPS TO SLOW THE RESOLVING DOOR PASSED BY THE SENATE ENERGY AND HOUSE COMMITTEES. |
| 00:01:28 | WE HOPE THE HOUSE IS PASSED INTO LAW. |
| 00:01:31 | THE SECOND PROBLEM IS THAT MMS HAS ALLOWED INDUSTRY TO OPERATE LARGELY ON WHAT THE GAO DESCRIBED AS AN HONOR SYSTEM. |
| 00:01:42 | IT WILL HELP MMS GAIN BACK SOME OF ITS UPPER HAND. |
| 00:01:47 | IT IS HARD FOR INTERIOR TO ATTRACT AND KEEP THE TALENT IT NEEDS WHEN INSPECTORS HAVE STARTING AT A GS-7. |
| 00:01:59 | IF WE ONLY LOOK AT THAT AND NOT ON HOW WE ARE SPEN SATECOMPENSATING THOSE, IT IS A HUGE PROGRAM. |
| 00:02:11 | WE HAVE LEARNED OF ONE INSPECTOR WHO AFTER THREE YEARS ON THE JOB HAS STILL HAD NO TRAINING. |
| 00:02:20 | THE LAST IN SPENSION WASSPECTION WAS PERFORMED BY AN INSPECTOR STILL IN TRAINING. |
| 00:02:33 | SO CHANGING THE CULTURE REQUIRES MORE THAN REORGANIZATION AND MORE THAN NEW LEADERSHIP. |
| 00:02:42 | THEY WILL NEED TO DIG DEEP INTO THE MANAGEMENT OF THE AGENCY. |
| 00:02:47 | NO MATTER WHAT REFORMS CAN BE PUT IN PLACE, DESPITE THE ADMINISTRATION'S OPEN GOVERNMENT DIRECTIVE, INTERIOR FOR EXAMPLE HAS ONLY FOCUSED ON DISCLOSURES OF THINGS LIKE THE NATION'S NATIONAL TREASURES RATHER THAN INFORMATION ABOUT OIL AND GAS LEASES. |
| 00:03:09 | THE KIND OF INFORMATION WE NEED TO KNOW ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS POLICY-MAKERS WOULD LEARN IF WE STARTED TO TALK TO PEOPLE ONLINE. |
| 00:03:20 | FOR EXAMPLE, EVEN AFTER THE DEEP WATER HORIZON EXPLOSION, IN SPECKER CONCERNED ARE STILL BEING IGNORED. |
| 00:03:29 | A DEEP WATER PRODUCTION FACILITY WAS OPERATING DAYS AFTER HE ISSUED AN ORDER. |
| 00:03:37 | WHEN HE CONTACTED HIS SUPERVISOR FOR APROFALPROVEAL TO ISSUE ANOTHER ORDER,IS SUPERVISOR OVERRULED THIS. |
| 00:03:49 | WE HAVE LEARNED THIS HAS BECOME A COMMON PRACTICE WHERE INSPECTORS FEEL THEY NEED TO ASK PERMISSION BECAUSE THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO GET IN TROUBLE FOR ISSUEING AN ISSUE OF NONCOMPLIANCE. |
| 00:04:07 | MMS INSPECTORS ARE JUST BEGINNING TO SPEAK OUT. |
| 00:04:11 | I CAN TELL YOU WITH EXPERIENCE THAT MMS HAS BEEN A HOSTILE PLACE FOR WHISTLE BLOWERS. |
| 00:04:21 | PROTECTIONS ARE NEEDED AND WOULD BE OFFERED THROUGH THE LEGISLATION SPONSORED BY REPRESENTATIVES. |
| 00:04:29 | ULTIMATELY MMS MUST REORGANIZE ITS PRIORITIES TO PROTECT TAXPAYERS. |
| 00:04:42 | THANK YOU VENAGAIN AND I LOOK FORWARD TO ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION. |
| 00:04:47 | >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. |
| 00:04:48 | MISS RANDOLPH? |
| 00:04:50 | >> THANK YOU, MR. |
| 00:04:53 | CHAIRMAN. |
| 00:04:54 | THANK YOU, MR. |
| 00:04:55 | CHAIRMAN. ON |
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