MSNBC "The Ed Show" - Transcript

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REP. JAN SCHAKOWSKY (D-IL): Thank you, Ed.
SCHULTZ: What do you want to hear, and what do you want to know?
What can Hayward say?
SCHAKOWSKY: I want Hayward to say that whatever it takes, however many billions of dollars it takes that BP is going to compensate the people that have lost their livelihoods; that they"re going to clean up every glob of oil that there is, and that they are going to be fully responsible for the years to come of this mess that they caused.
SCHULTZ: How tough are you going to be on him because the American people have expectations, I think.
SCHAKOWSKY: Well I am really looking forward to seeing Mr. Hayward and if he tries to weasel out as they have with their full-page ads that they"re talking about, and you know, if they think their advertising is going to placate the American people, then they have another think coming.
I think the entire committee--because we went down to Louisiana. We talked to the shrimpers. We talked to the real estate people. We talked to the environmental folks, and people who are not being adequately compensated and you know, Ed, I think an issue that"s not getting enough attention, the workers that are helping to clean this up.
I"m afraid we"re going to end up with a 9/11 situation with a lot of sick people that aren"t being protected during this cleanup from the toxic chemicals.
SCHULTZ: I don"t disagree with you at all. The reports are very clear what these folks are going through down there and the effects of them being out on the water for a long time trying to clean up this mess.
What is your definition of full restitution? And I don"t know how there could be a number put on it, Congresswoman, because the oil is still flowing. They haven"t stopped it. So how can you tell us how much money this whole thing is going to cost? What"s your definition of full restitution?
SCHAKOWSKY: The full restitution, in my view, is open-ended; that BP is going to have to--you know, look, this is a company that made $91 million a day in the first quarter of this year. They"re going to have to keep the checkbook open until all of the people are compensated and until all of the Gulf is cleaned up.
I don"t know what it"s going to take. Nobody knows what it"s going to take except that we do know that the estimates now of the flow out of this hole has been double--not doubled, but gone up 50 percent. So it"s way worse than we even thought. This is the biggest environmental disaster in the history of our country. BP, one of the richest companies, is going to have to keep its checkbook open.
SCHULTZ: Well, it would be nice if you could get Tony Hayward to say open-ended because then you would be a hero to get them on record saying that, but we know how they operate. Congresswoman, great to have you with us tonight. Thanks so much.
SCHAKOWSKY: Thank you, Ed. Appreciate you.
SCHULTZ: You bet. Now let"s get some rapid-fire response from our panel on these stories tonight. The DNC is calling out Sharron Angle. Calling her out for an interview that she gave at the Tea Party headquarters. She never corrected the Fox News interviewers when they wrongly said that she had been endorsed by Sarah Palin.
Rand Paul is refusing to answer questions about the fact that he has practicing medicine without being board certified? Can I have an appointment?

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