Bob Graham: “It has been substantially degraded in recent decades in significant part due to Federal decisions and Federal actions.”

I believe that we should be wise enough to manage what we have left in a manner that will stretch those dates.

We believe very strongly that this goal should be, as Senator Alexander has said in other areas, to assure the American people that the way in which we are conducting this enterprise has the highest standards of safety of any place in the…

It is also critical that we test these dispersants not just for surface distribution, which has been their traditional use, but also for deep water purposes.

I think it was a win-win.