I understand the EPA has been researching the effects of dispersants in a subsurface environment.

Thank you for all your responses and your testimony here.

Second question, what steps can the Federal Government take to ensure that the next generation of dispersants in the Gulf are greener and maybe even more environmentally friendly than the ones we are already using?

Good. I am going to ask you a couple more questions before my colleagues come back and try to take this mic away from me.

So oil is dispersed in larger pieces of the oil are dispersed, being much smaller, the microbes have an easier opportunity to glom on and go to lunch on the oil.

I ask unanimous consent to bring up for a vote our multi-pollutant legislation, our 3-P bill that has been awaiting action.

The legislation the President signed last month says not only do we want some Federal agencies, we want all Federal agencies to identify improper payments.

As this tragedy has unfolded, and we have dealt with it, and we are hearing encouraging reports in the news, with the ability to plug the leak and maybe to do so on a permanent basis, we now turn to cleaning up this mess and trying to make…

I was pleased to hear that some of the folks are going back to work building cars, trucks, and vans, and very good ones as well.

The White House recently announced an initiative to establish a nationwide Do Not Pay List.

Despite the best efforts of our Nation's best environmental scientists--some of whom are here today--to help us understand the environmental impacts of this spill, the reality is that we do not know--and we may not know for years to…