Washington (CNN) -- As a presidential commission continues their investigation Tuesday into the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and ensuing oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexico, the work schedule on the well will be a top concern.
"There seemed to be a compulsion to get this rig completed in that April 19th-April 20th time period," said Bob Graham, the commission's co-chairman.
The commission opened two days of new hearings into the disaster on Monday. Graham questioned why the timing was "so central" to managers that they did not examine the well's cementing job more closely.
"I would hope that tomorrow we get down to the question of just what was driving for a decision on that particular narrow 24 hours," added Graham, a former U.S. senator and Florida governor.
On Monday, the commission reported that workers aboard the Deepwater Horizon were pushing to complete the well at the heart of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill before the disaster, but no "conscious decision" to cut corners on safety has been discovered.
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