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Billy Nungesser: That's a lie. It's an absolute lie. He needs to come touch what we touched today.

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Nungesser responds to BP CEO Tony Hayward's claims about the effectiveness of their oil containment efforts.

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Oct 6, 2010

In a section of the report they call the boom wars, they write -- quote -- 'President Nungesser deplored the lack of available boom' and that -- quote -- 'directions went out to keep the parishes 'happy' -- which resulted in operational…

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Jul 1, 2010

Instead of hiring P.R. people to talk about ballets on the water, if we just do the right thing, sit down and deploy every piece of equipment, there's something to hang your hat on.

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Apr 18, 2011

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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