I hope and expect the chair of the council, which is at Department of Commerce, to ensure this congressionally crafted b...
I mean, our States are serving as platforms for the production. Without the south Louisiana, Texas, there would be no wa...
this funding, Senator, will really help us find our way forward, because we have to figure out a way to mine the natural...
we are going to insist in the implementation of the law that the legislative intent is followed.
I could not be prouder of the effort that is under way in this committee now to implement an extraordinary, I think, and...
I just can't impress upon the both of you how critical this is.
I am so proud of our work on the RESTORE Act.
Yet we are struggling here for years trying to get a fair share of that money just to be kept at home along the coast th...
I insisted on that, Senator Vitter supported that effort, so that our local parishes can have some of this money to do s...
The Gulf of Mexico has suffered long enough. The revenues from the spill penalties offer a once-in-a-lifetime chance to ...
It is imperative that we establish viable, effective, and accountable distribution mechanisms now to ensure that this un...
The time for action is now; we cannot afford to wait.
the environmental interest is also the people's interest because of what brings... people to the Gulf to enjoy it.
what do we know about what is happening to the Gulf and all that oil that is out there still sloshing around.
the long-term health of not only the Gulf but the waters off of Senator Blumenthal's state.
the 2012 RESTORE Act, which you have heard about from Senator Landrieu so eloquently, provides that 80 percent of civil ...
I look forward to continued work with the Council to ensure that the carefully constructed Congressional compromise is p...
But 500 jobs and the jobs that are created along the coast do not compensate for the loss of revenues.
