I admire you for being here. I think it is a great step.

Let us close the loop on the claims process because it is still a very sore subject for obvious reasons.

We do want to encourage you and your colleagues up there to take a strong look to enforce accountability.

I think Florida has done a good job developing a consortium of all of our state universities.

I think continued research is critical.

No, no, it is not. It is a good suggestion.

I think what we are learning, and increasingly being confirmed to us, is that the problem here is we have a flawed process, a process that has no uniformity.

I think the argument is, while we are glad the oil is not spewing and we are glad that you do not see it on the surface... we are concerned that there is a bunch of oil that is still unaccounted for.

Well, just as an update on that, let me state that I am pleased by the unity and progress that has been made by numerous members that have been working on this.

So I think it is critically important that the Gulf states are united in presenting a united front on why it is important this money be assigned, and the argument is this is not general revenue.

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