Thank you both for your work.
I really don't think it will be helpful to mandate removing, in many cases, premier fish habitats.
I guess that is my question in all of this, and I don't mean to interrupt, but to get to the heart of it, you need some ...
the Interior Department's mismanagement of permitting is way too high.
What are the limits on this authority and what is the potential to expand and expedite that authority so we are not back...
The idea that investment in restoration could take upwards of a decade is really unacceptable.
Is any of that work being done in this context helpful in terms of the broader NOAA stock assessment responsibility?
I think I represent all Gulf States in saying that we strongly support the recommendations of the National Oil Spill Com...
It may be prudent in the near future to look at moving S. 662, legislation written by me and cosponsored by my colleague...
The impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill come, as I mentioned, on top of longer-term degradation of important habi...
It remains appropriate that at least 80 percent of those fines levied on BP go toward restoring the Gulf.
Our citizens have already been victimized. Our economy has been victimized.
The commission recommended that Congress dedicate for this purpose 80 percent of the Clean Water Act penalties, as Senat...
The incident also resulted in the largest oil spill in history, period; an incident that pummeled the Gulf Coast and lef...
The overwhelming concern that I have... is just the country's awareness of this as a real threat.
I think it is critical, you know, to protect the American people--millions of people that could get harmed from contamin...
I thank you all for being here today. This subcommittee will continue to monitor progress to make sure that Social Secur...
Yes, it is negative overall, in my view, too.
