I would hope, as we are figuring the direction from the regulatory perspective, we also keep in mind that it is important that we put in place processes that work...

I do think that they have worked well. I think that they have been a good guide.

It is a model that we think has worked well.

I think it is an important statement that needs to be made, and I think people need to understand that when we talk about a 6-month moratoria, what has happened as a consequence of that 6 months extends well beyond the 6 months.

I would very much support the idea of not just having a blanket moratorium.

I strongly support giving the Secretary the tools of more people and more education to do their jobs, and I think that this bill advances that.

Americans are rightly furious that there was neither a viable nor urgent response plan in place.

I think we are starting to see what I am calling this flight of investment from the Gulf...

This is the worst manmade environmental disaster in our nation's history.

But from where you are sitting and looking at just this organizational structure within the new Bureau of Ocean Management, how do you integrate all of these players?

I am going to encourage my colleagues to do so.

I agree with you and understand the reluctance to think that creating yet more pieces is a cure-all.

I think this kind of legislation has been long in coming, and it should have come long ago.

I think it is my understanding you have got at least 8. You are going to have a split within the current MMS.

Are we seeing companies and operators in the Gulf looking at what is going on here in Washington, D.C.?

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Chairman Bingaman, Ranking Member Murkowski, and Members of the Committee, good morning.

I think it is an important part of the discussion.

I would venture to say that I am probably not going to have any communities in Alaska either that are going to be the targeted communities.

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