Criticizing the final report of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, the new Chair of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), said in a press release: "Neither this nor any investigation should be used as political justification for a pre-determined agenda to limit affordable energy options for America." It will be interesting to see whether he and other committee chairmen in both the Republican-led House and the Democrat-led Senate heed Chairman Upton's maxim.
The House Energy & Commerce Committee held several hearings on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill this past summer, but did not appear to release a final report.
