It is a generous amount of money to administer this, and while it is a complicated process, and I think Mr. Feinberg has realized that it is even more complicated than the 9/11 Fund in many ways with a million claimants, it is not a…

I work for the people of the Gulf region. That is who I work for. I am totally independent.

Vice President Biden said that $20 billion is a floor, not a ceiling. Is that correct?

We actually have a provision added to the CJS, Commerce, Justice, Science, appropriation bill demanding an audit and requiring the Justice Department to do it.

I believe I contacted you in the spring of last year and asked for you to initiate an audit on your own, and I don't believe that the GCCF agreed to do that.

The truth is the audit has not even begun yet. They have not even named a firm to do the audit.

the people of the Gulf Coast deserve nothing less.

Jobs, jobs, jobs. That was the message the President delivered last week in his State of the Union address.

One of the worst things that you can do is show up sick, because then you're going to infect your coworkers.

We would be, AFGE along with NTEU, would be more than happy to work with the subcommittee in drafting such legislation.

I would say that nearly all of the work force would be taken out of the equation with nonsensical procedures in place.