David Vitter actually said...

"There is a de facto moratorium right now because the Administration is not prepared to take new permit applications under their new rules yet."

"It absolutely does that without equivocation to give certainty on that issue to the people of the Gulf Coast who are going through an ongoing crisis."

"I have a bill directly on point that lifts all liability caps on BP for this event, but also sets up an expedited claim process."

"It establishes an expedited claims process because it is crucial that these folks not just be made whole eventually, but they start to be made whole now because they are struggling month to month."