Can your agency get that in some detail to my office?
Again, if you could have NOAA respond more specifically to me, I would appreciate it.
I urge everyone in the Senate to come together around my legislation which would remove any cap for this event.
I again want to quickly emphasize my extreme concern with the drilling moratorium in the Gulf.
what the Federal agencies were best at was raising countless objections, slowing things down to an impractical pace.
This isn't a non-emergency situation. This is a clear emergency situation, and clear environmental damage was happening ...
All of those areas have been dramatically impacted by this spill, and those are areas Senator Merkley and Senator Cardin...
What our frustration is is the Federal Government is essentially saying we don't know what the adverse effects of the ro...
Natural resource damages assessments are extremely important, but like Councilman Young I have been more focused on natu...
If those rock jetties were there, Senator, we would not have additional oil coming into Barataria Bay.
I invited the President to send any responsible witness to lay out the rationale for the moratorium.