OBAMA DISCUSSES OIL SPILL WITH TOP US LAWMAKERS
Baku, June 10 (AZERTAC). U.S. President Barack Obama has met with top U.S. lawmakers to discuss the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and says there is broad bipartisan support for laws to be changed to better prevent and respond to such disasters, according to VOA.
Mr. Obama told reporters Thursday that the current laws are not adequate for such a disaster, since they were enacted before the oil industry developed ultra-deep water drilling. He says he briefed the lawmakers about the federal response to the disaster.
The president is also meeting Thursday at the White House with the families of the 11 people killed in the explosion of the oil rig seven weeks ago.
Separately, Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, who is leading the federal response to the spill, says efforts to contain the oil leaking from the broken well continue, with almost 16,000 barrels of oil captured in the last 24 hours.
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