On the recordJune 22, 2010
Does it look like we're doing everything? This isn't doing everything. This is bureaucratic bull, finding reasons. And it's not even a good reason.
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transcripts.cnn.comBilly Nungesser: “Does it look like we're doing everything? This isn't doing everything. This is bureaucratic bull, finding reasons. And…”
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Nungesser criticizes the federal response to the oil spill and the bureaucratic obstacles faced by local officials.
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Apr 18, 2011
We want to know everything. We want to know where is the money. We want to know why they're dragging their feet on the cleanup and why they're not giving us the assets they promised to leave here.
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Absolutely not. The spots you saw, you don't have the thick oil. But when a bird gets a little bit of oil on its breast, it's like you punching a hole in a rubber boot. You're going to get pneumonia and die.
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No. There's been a lot of excuses. Early on, the oyster beds, for instance, it's a three or four-year process. They came in and said, 'OK, we're going to make it right; we're going to pay you for four years.' Then they turned around and…
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They have no plan; the Coast Guard nor BP has a plan. There's nobody cleaning up the marsh.
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