claim: "oil companies showered regulators (at the minerals management service) with gifts and favors, and were essentially allowed to conduct their own safety inspections and write their own regulations."
author: barack obama
evidence_1: issuing permits, known as the minerals management service. ... oil companies  showered regulators with gifts and favors, and were essentially allowed to  conduct their own safety inspections and write their own regulations.”1 ... on in  these meetings between businessmen and government officials: why do they  meet?
evidence_2: jun 16, 2010 ... at this agency, industry insiders were put in charge of industry oversight. oil  companies showered regulators with gifts and favors, and were essentially  allowed to conduct their own safety inspections and write their own regulations.  when ken salazar became my secretary of the interior, one of his very first ...
evidence_3: jul 29, 2010 ... even at $67 and a few pennies, boeing stock is more than double the price it  should be considering its corrupt and incompetent management, hidden and ...  oil companies showered regulators with gifts and favors, and were essentially  allowed to conduct their own safety inspections and write their own ...
evidence_4: jun 29, 2010 ... at this agency, industry insiders were put in charge of industry oversight. oil  companies showered regulators with gifts and favors, and were essentially  allowed to conduct their own safety inspections and write their own regulations.  when ken salazar became my secretary of the interior, one of his very first ...
evidence_5: sep 12, 2009 ... in the past five years, companies and workplaces have violated pollution laws  more than 500000 times. ... tests show that their tap water contains arsenic,  barium, lead, manganese and other chemicals at concentrations federal  regulators say could ... states have passed pollution statutes of their own.