we do have a crisis of government and a crisis of leadership, as evidenced by this discussion and the leadership style of the Chairman.

We are in a time following the Japanese disaster, we are in one of the two most sensitive and important times regarding civilian nuclear safety in our lifetime.

And, really, I can see where it could be the most efficient.

So I see that as very much a win-win.

I really see--I have to tell you, I am a bit of a skeptic, in many ways, about some of the recycling ideas and some of the alternative energy things.

So you feel--I understand from your answer that you do not feel any further remedy is necessary. Is that correct, yes or no?

But that is not my question. And I am not trying to be confrontational; I am just trying to make sure we have a clear answer.

So you feel that the information has been adequate to come to the conclusion that there is no further remedy.

I hope we can get a markup and get it to the Floor so that we can get it reauthorized.

If Bob Dole goes and gets John Smith's name because he wants to take advantage of that person, that still exists today.

The RESTORE Act fixes the imbalance by creating a way to rebuild local and State economies that took such a tremendous hit from the oil spill.

The RESTORE Act will ensure that the lion's share of the future Clean Water Act fines assessed on the responsible parties will be dedicated to the Gulf Coast States that were directly impacted by last year's oil spill.

It is essential that Congress work to ensure that responsible party, not the taxpayer... will foot the bill for this disaster and the cleanup.

The RESTORE Act is about restoring the gulf coast from the devastating--and I mean devastating--effects of the Deepwater Horizon spill in 2010.

It is unfortunate that we have to be here today under these conditions, in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

As I recall--and I think in the case of the State of Louisiana--that would be determined by the CPRA through a public process.

This is not a handout or a backfill for local and State budgets.

I do also want to correct the record. Louisiana won't even start getting revenue sharing until 2017 on offshore drilling, and it will be far below the 50 percent that was mentioned.