I don't like foreign oil--produces about $300 million a year for NOAA and Coast Guard and other activities.
You do not have enough money--I'm going to tell you that--from the research and the capacity to research and develop oil-spill technology.
Senator Shelby, he is quite concerned about hurricanes and hurricane preparation.
Yes, because this is the first time that we have seen it applied directly at the source of the spill. Is that correct?
the seafood is safe regardless of where it comes from.
We need to know--we need to have that assurance that, in fact, these dispersants do what we hope they do and do not add additional risk when...
It's important to our business people, our restaurants, people who sell seafood, people who are the wholesale dealers.
In your opinion, is there enough evidence to suggest that it is, in fact, not worth it when you get that much closer into shore?
I think we do recognize that this is unprecedented, but we also recognize that we have been operating in offshore conditions for decades now...
Is there anything internationally? Have the Norwegians done anything?
The research that has been done prior to Deepwater Horizon, has the research been focused equally on the volumes used or are we just talking...
we're concerned about the use of dispersants or certainly the volume of the dispersants used
So how can we give the consumer the assurance that the seafood that is coming from the gulf, in these waters, is safe for consumption?
If the Commerce Department can spend money to improve exports, we can spend money to help our brothers and sisters in the gulf.
those fish, those shrimp may be absolutely perfectly safe, but as long as the public believes that they have been tainted, that market does ...
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I want to say thank you for holding this hearing. We all agree on one thing: this is about as important an issue as we could deal with on th...
