That is the de facto moratorium.
What to date is the impact of the moratorium on federal revenue and the deficit, and what do you project it to be continuing into the future...
Remind us, and I know you testified about this, how many of those workers have been laid off to date?
Just to clarify this point, do these numbers, does your report reflect the impact on the job losses of the de facto shallow water moratorium...
I have to tell you I talk to these people every day and it sure as heck is not what they are telling me.
I am glad you all are finally here to do that.
But when an accident does happen, I cannot think of another situation where we brought an entire industry to a screeching halt.
The fact is, regardless of how it is reported, the fact is that Louisiana's coast line is a working coast that brings this country an abunda...
But let me be clear as one of the first senators to call for a full investigation into the accident and request more effective safeguards ag...
But the blanket moratorium on all deepwater drilling does nothing to advance that goal, and in fact the de facto shallow water moratorium ha...
the perception and I think the correct perception is that all we have heard is knee jerk reactions and excuses, not anything based on sound ...
I mean all we hear from restaurant owners is that they are freezing, getting ready to lay off.
I think Mr. Riley and Senator Graham, if their commission has got to look into this, and we've got to get to the bottom because this industr...
We've got to get to the bottom. Because this industry is obviously insufficiently regulated.
It is a dangerous line of work, and I think it's necessary.
She's the commander in chief of the National Guard. If there's a prison riot. If there's some kind of an outbreak of a health issue, you kno...
The level of distrust down here to BP is very, very high. And I don't know, the 93 million, better to put 93 million into helping people out...
She can do a Sarah Palin and just call all the media impotent and limp, which has got to be my favorite thing.
