Billy Nungesser

This berm by Friday would have protected that small, one of the last breeding grounds out there left.

Where was the federal wildlife and fishery for the last 50 years? They have not spent a dollar out here.

Does it look like we're doing everything? Does this look like we're doing everything? This isn't doing everything.

We're not going to be shut down because the Coast Guard wants to inspect. We're not going to be shut down because we can't get approval. As we said, this is a war. The president said it. We're not acting like it.

Two to three weeks is unacceptable. If we're ordering equipment, if we're bringing it in from overseas, I don't care. But I want a plan, two to three days.

We have to ramp up in anticipation. We know there's more oil coming ashore. We should be ready to accept those birds, be ready with the teams to go out there.

You know, when you go to war, you throw everything at it you have got.

We need many more locations setup. Be proactive, not reactive to a crisis in which we're in right now.

We can't wait until 1,000 birds come in and say we don't have the capacity to help them. We have to ramp up in anticipation.

The problem has been the contractor that's been hired by BP not wanting to give up any control or expand their operation.

For him to say there's no hotel rooms -- is that reason to leave those birds out there to die?

We have got to catch up and keep it from coming into the marsh. We're playing -- we're reacting, instead of being proactive.

I think it's time for the government to bring some people in a team, and say, let's come up with some other ways, and let us decide. Let's take control of the situation. We -- we can't leave it in BP's hands anymore.

We've got to catch up and keep it from coming into the marsh. We're playing -- we're reacting, instead of being proactive.

It does. You know, what we're dealing with here in south Louisiana could destroy our livelihood. And to hear those things makes me -- how can we trust them to close off the spill? How can we trust them in anything?

We've got to see more action out on the water quickly. We're getting in a hurricane season. We need this oil cleaned up, be out there waiting for the next oil to come in.

I don't want to fight with anybody. I want to be on the same team, but it hasn't worked that way, except when the President came down.

That's not a mistake. That's misleading.

We need somebody on the ground that can kick some butts and make this happen.

The president's doing the right thing. This is going to cost a lot more than $75 million.

The President's doing the right thing. This is going to cost a lot more than $75 million.

We can't get approval from BP to put four skimmers in the water to save our marsh, which wouldn't cost what he's spending on trying to tell everybody what a great job he's doing.

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

If the federal government, BP and the Coast Guard is not doing everything physically possible to save those wetlands and the years and generations of fishermen, we have let the American people down.

We need to demand tomorrow that they get off the pot and give us the money, or sign the contract, and let's get started.