After meeting with Gulf of Mexico oil rig explosion victims, President Obama was pressured from legislators to campaign harder against caps that protect BP from paying full compensatory funds for injuries and damages.

One major piece of legislation that President Obama was pressed to reconsider was the 1920 Death on the High Seas Act. That particular law was passed to protect off-shore vessels from liability. According to the law, compensatory liability for wrongful death suits is markedly lighter for ships found at least three miles from the shoreline.

The families of the victims expressed their desire to see justice meted out while, more importantly, seeing that an accident of this proportion and tragic consequence would not happen again. Both relatives and legislators noted that they were worried about fair treatment due to the circumstances of long-dated laws that were passed prior to the rise of off-shore drilling practices.

The Obama administration has repeatedly claimed that they will do their best to ensure that the proper consequences were taken against the parties at blame.