Billy Nungesser

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.

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

The question is -- and they're working very hard, but what they're doing, is it effective? Wiping down blades of grass, are we going to be able to keep up with this oil?

Let's have full disclosure. Let them show us all the things that were presented to them that they haven't considered.

This is not what the President said. He said we would have an open discussion and discuss the pros and cons.

It makes me sick to my stomach. Everything this guy says, from that to, there's no plumes out there; I stated today, I would like to take him offshore, stick him 10 feet under the water, pull him up with that black all over his face, and…

That oil is seeping into the marsh, killing the pelicans, killing the wildlife. It's going further and further in the marsh every day, and we're doing absolutely nothing, but watching it destroy our livelihood and our marshes. Shame on…

I have got to look the people in Plaquemines Parish in the eye and tell them I'm doing absolutely everything physically possible to save these marshlands.

Shame on him for not going to work and doing the right thing. He's been sitting on his hands. He's done nothing.

We need to build this berm to protect us. We have got hurricane season. And we have got to have a plan to clean it up out the marsh. And, please, put somebody in charge that takes action, not makes excuses. The Coast Guard isn't getting…

Absolutely. Absolutely. He's done nothing but give excuses. He has been the problem, not the solution.

They're scared to death. The families don't know what to do. It's taken its toll on the family life.

We need to build this berm to protect us. We've got hurricane season. And we've got to have a plan to clean it up out the marsh. And, please, put somebody in charge that takes action, not makes excuses. The Coast Guard isn't getting the…

We want a short- and a long-range plan to compensate the fishermen, the dock owners, the haulers, the seafood companies.

The president has to take the lead and give the ball to somebody else, because these guys ain't getting it done.

The President has to take the lead and give the ball to somebody else, because these guys aren't getting it done.

No, absolutely not, Anderson. We're at a meeting here in Venice tonight, about 400 people showed up, they're angry. They want to know, they've been on this list now for 35 days. No one's called them. There's opportunity, a boat of…

If you're not going to have a plan, get the hell out of the way and let us go do it ourselves and let us go rent the skimmers, let us try some new products.

It's absolutely ridiculous that we can't multitask, keep the oil offshore, stop the leak, clean up the marsh, and pay the fishermen, simple to do. Organize and let's get this done.

President, it's your turn to step up to the plate. Change the people in charge and make something happen now.

The president of the United States has to step up to the plate. We're begging him.

The President of the United States has to step up to the plate. We're begging him. I looked him in the eye for two hours. He cares about us. I could tell because he made the Coast Guard implement our dredge -- our jack-up boats. We have…

It's time to make a move, have some leadership step up to the plate and take charge.