The 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, which killed 11 people and created the largest oil spill in U.S. history, vividly demonstrated the risks of lax enforcement and served as an extraordinary wake-up call to regulators and the offshore industry... After... investigations, the public learned that the Deepwater Horizon disaster could have been prevented.

... Over the last three and a half years, however, the Trump administration has prioritized “energy dominance,” which means less focus on worker safety and environmental protection and more emphasis on ensuring higher profits and lower costs for the oil and gas industry... An analysis... by the Center for American Progress determined that under the Trump Administration, inspections are down and worker injuries are on the rise... Actions taken by the Trump Administration... have increased the odds that workers, local businesses, community members, and taxpayers will once again pay the price for an offshore disaster.