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Gulf Coast Oil Spill
Senator Demands Info From Transocean On 'I'm Not Injured' Forms Signed By Workers
Justin Elliott | May 20, 2010, 9:05AM
Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)
A Democratic senator is demanding answers from drilling giant Transocean about the forms that rescued workers from the Deepwater Horizon rig were given to sign stating that they were not injured and they were not witnesses to what happened.
Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), chair of the Senate Health Employment and Workplace Safety Subcommittee, fired off a letter to Transocean CEO Steven Newman calling the company's use of the forms "extremely troublesome."
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (12) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (4)Topics: Forms Signed By Rig Workers, Gulf Coast Oil Spill, Patty Murray, Steven Newman, TransOcean LTD.
U.S. Attorneys
Obama U.S. Attorney Pick Criticized Over Role In Disputed Bond Deal
Justin Elliott | March 31, 2010, 1:25PM
President Barack Obama and Michael Ormsby
Mike Ormsby, President Obama's nominee to be U.S. Attorney in eastern Washington state, is being called unfit for the job by critics of his role in a 1990s bond deal that ultimately resulted in Ormsby's firm paying $1.4 million to the IRS.
Ormsby's critics, who include the former mayor of Spokane, sent a letter to President Obama and Senate leaders about a year ago when Ormsby's name was first floated for the job. Now, with Ormsby's formal nomination earlier this month, the issue is surfacing again.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (5) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (3)Topics: Barack Obama, IRS, K&L Gates, Mike Ormsby, Patty Murray, Spokane, Washington, U.S. Attorneys
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