the challenges politically, as you can imagine, in creating that chain and justifying it become harder

I think the very persuasive argument has been made with regards to that.

the truth is that my sense is that many of my colleagues who are committed to conservation and the environment probably have conservation and environmental projects in their home state and they see this as an opportunity to take some money…

I would like to be able to point to some of the real world--I mean, it sounds like you have a wealth of knowledge.

I am not sure it is the GCCF's place to be investigating claims of fraud.

I want to clarify that in my mind.

It cannot continue in this process where you have a bunch of people out there who feel like their claims have been denied and would like to appeal that decision.

the purpose of the fine bill is not to advance any ideological view, but rather to deal with the fact that a bunch of people have been hurt really bad by the negligence of an individual company.

In an ideal world, this bill would be written the way the Gulf state Senators want it and spent that way.

The first is kind of a philosophical/ideological argument by some that this money should not be assigned but rather should be absorbed into the General Treasury of the United States.

We are going to talk to some of the other Senators involved on these issues and figure out how we can try to influence Mr. Feinberg's boss.