Thank you very much, Representative Lee. And thank you for all the work you did dealing with that problem in the San Francisco Bay when the ship hit the bridge. We had our own little spill over there. I had pulled this placard up with the pictures of the oil and the birds. And I didn't realize until you started talking about the escalation and the estimate of the amount of oil that spilled--my staff put this together actually about 4 weeks ago--and they said by Father's Day it would be the worst spill ever. At 60,000 barrels, it was actually the worst spill after about the first 3 weeks. So in any case, we have got a real serious problem there.
John Garamendi: “Thank you very much, Representative Lee. And thank you for all the work you did dealing with that problem in the San…”
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The speaker addresses the impact of an oil spill in the San Francisco Bay and its escalating severity.
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