It may be prudent in the near future to look at moving S. 662, legislation written by me and cosponsored by my colleague Mary Landrieu, which would require a significant down payme...
I think I represent all Gulf States in saying that we strongly support the recommendations of the National Oil Spill Commission.
Legislation to dedicate the funds and establish a council to administer them has seemed, to me at least, stalled in Congress.
Thank you both for your work.
I really don't think it will be helpful to mandate removing, in many cases, premier fish habitats.
The idea that investment in restoration could take upwards of a decade is really unacceptable.
To say that the work of the NRDA Trustees is important would be an enormous understatement, for Louisiana coastal restoration has been an on...
The incident also resulted in the largest oil spill in history, period; an incident that pummeled the Gulf Coast and left significant enviro...
It remains appropriate that at least 80 percent of those fines levied on BP go toward restoring the Gulf.
What are the limits on this authority and what is the potential to expand and expedite that authority so we are not backloading everything f...
the Interior Department's mismanagement of permitting is way too high.