“For the life of me, I can't understand why BP couldn't go in at the ocean floor, maybe 10 feet lateral to the - around the periphery, drill a few holes, and put a little ammonium nitrate, some dynamite, in those holes and detonate that dynamite and seal that - seal that leak. And seal it permanently.”

American physician and former politician

John Phillip Gingrey is an American physician and former politician. He served as the U.S. representative for Georgia’s 11th congressional district from 2003 to 2015 and is a member of the Republican Party. His district covered the northwestern suburbs of Atlanta. After leaving Congress, Gingrey became a senior adviser at the District Policy Group in Washington, D.C., the lobbying arm of the Drinker Biddle law firm.