Right now, it took the President of the United States to come down to approve a Jack Up Boat to put in the mouth of the river.
Oil is now entering Florida waters.
We have people in charge that do not know what they are doing.
You know, that's exactly right. If we need to know for trying to clean up the gulf and protect marine life, how much oil is in there, then w...
What we have heard from the local officials here today, that the information flow is not there in which a commander can make that decision.
The Coast Guard has part of control of the operation, but BP has a part of the control of the operation, and therein the two do not talk.
I do not care who is in charge. I want somebody with some authority, and it cannot be BP.
the present system is not working. The information is not flowing. The decisions are not timely.
You cannot leave BP in control of this because they are not going to get it done.
We told them from day one, 'You will not clean it up out of the marsh.' They said it will never get there. Well, it is there.
The value that the Chairman and the Ranking Member have brought to the table today is to get you all to understand the lack of communication...