We need dollars right now in the Gulf States to mitigate and prevent this oil from doing tremendous environmental and ec...
I understand it is far more than has been released. Would you get back to this Committee?
And make that available to us.
That was my question. Thank you.
Here is where we are. There is a lot of interest, so I am going to have to ask you to stay, gentlemen, until we come bac...
I appreciate your being with us, and I hope we can work together so that we do not have to have any more of these moment...
What can you say about other spills like this?
We are all united in our top priority, stopping the spill, cleaning up the oil, and protecting the threatened and natura...
Would you support making sure that when you come to, frankly, the U.S. Government, and you want to lease taxpayer owned ...
I would be derelict in my responsibility if I did not work to increase Federal oversight and give more opportunity for t...
We need to remember that even if we halted all offshore drilling, all we would be doing is moving the production to othe...
We have got to transition away from this.
Commercial and recreational fisherman could be out of work for months, be forced to deal with fisheries for years.
Do you feel that we ought to now have a reform where we separate out the safety inspections from the permitting process?
But by the same token, if the Federal officials failed to exercise proper oversight or implement specific requirements, ...
Those responsible must provide the resources, and that means we need to change the law regarding limits on liability.
No, I do not feel good at all today.
I am never satisfied.
