Usa Congressıonal Hearıng On Bıg Oıl

epa02192293 US Senator from Vermont Patrick Leahy ( L ) chats with Christopher Jones of Baton Rouge , Louisiana , ( C-R ) whose brother , Gordon , was killed in the April 20 explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig , as Christopher ' s father , Kieth ( C-L ) Professor Tom Galligan , professor of humanities at Colby-Sawyer College in New Hampshire ( R ) , look on . Christopher later testified before the US Senate Judiciary Committee ' s hearing on ' The Risky Business of Big Oil : Have Recent Court DecisionsLiability Caps Encouraged Irresponsible Corporate Behavior? ' in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington , DC , on 08 June , 2010 .  EPA/JIM LO SCALZO