"Deepwater Horizon commission gets executive director, subpoena power"

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http://blogs.chron.com/newswatchenergy/archives/2010/06/deepwater_horiz.html

The leaders of a national commission investigating the Deepwater Horizon disaster have appointed an environmental law professor from Georgetown University as the panel's executive director.

Richard Lazarus, a Supreme Court scholar and environmental law expert, will take on the role as the executive director as the commission prepares for its first hearing in what will be a six-month probe of the oil spill in the Gulf and its causes.

A former assistant solicitor general, Lazarus has participated in 40 cases before the Supreme Court, including a number of suits brought by environmental groups, such as the Environmental Defense Fund and American River.
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President Barack Obama, who launched the national commission with an executive order on May 22, has asked Congress to give the panel $15 million to fund its investigation.

The House of Representatives today also voted 420-1 to give the panel the power to subpoena documents and compel testimony from reluctant witnesses as part of its probe.

It looks like this commission will have some teeth. I hope it will bite. :)

[amborin]

1. except Reilly sits on Big Oil boards......& lobbyists are busy, too

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4. Yes, I'm concerned about Reilly too.

It is looking like he will be outnumbered.

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5. outnumbered?

he, reilly, sits on big oil boards and got huge payments from Conoco.......

he was selected by poppy bush to invest exxon valdez, and nothing but platitudes resulted......

[Rosco T.]

2. Ok, who was the 1? (as in 420-to?) n/m

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3. Ron Paul. n/t