Bill Nelson actually said...

"We have shared some of these concerns with the Department of Commerce staff and Senator Nelson's office."

"It is because of the opportunity created by the RESTORE Act that Florida has taken the unique approach of forming the Gulf Consortium."

"However, three years later, the Gulf has seen only 7 percent of the early restoration monies."

"So when you combine the dead zone with what is already going on because of the oil that came into the bays like Barataria, then you have a double problem."