Hayward: We will not rest until we make this right
Liveblog by Khan
As we recess to give committee members time to make Congressional votes, Hayward has just finished his opening statement. Nothing particularly notable was said–an expected mix of sorrow and determination to clean up the spill and figure out what went wrong: "We [BP] will not rest until we make this right."
Hayward has declined to use advice from his legal counsel during his answers but is choosing to use the advice of his engineer to answer "technical" questions.
As Hayward began his opening remarks, a protestor had to be dragged out of the room. There seem to be a couple of other costumed protestors sitting in the audience, waiting to play their parts later in the hearing.