Oil Spill Gulf Of Mexico

So last week the massive oil spill was the worst rig explosion in decades that is continuing to spread. A lot of questions are being asked about the safety procedures and environmental response plans of BP and Transocean (contractor drilling the well). According to the Huffington Post reportedly said that BP and Transocean and tons of other people that work in the oil industry have said to oppose new safety regulations that was proposed last year by a federal agency that oversees offshore drilling. Now new regulations that the industry has been attacked on with tons of letters sent to the agency showing how many accidents have happened due to rigs in the past five years. One of the letters sent to the agency was that a lawsuit was filed by a wife of one of the 11 oil workers saying that the companies violated "numerous statutes and regulations" that was issued by the federal agencies. Now members of congress are getting involved and they are demanding answers from the agencies and companies also the administration officials have also started to investigate the incident. The investigation is still going on and until it is complete how are we suppose to know if this "rule" could of prevented this whole oil spill. But if the investigation goes all the way through hopefully it will make oil rig operations safer.