07/20/2011
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"Thank you, Senator Landrieu, for calling this hearing and special thanks for your staff for inviting me today."
"It has been 9 months since the oil spill. Fifty-seven percent of claims in my State of Alabama remain unpaid."
"Each State should have the ability to use these funds how they see fit to restore the economic and ecological damage caused by the spill."
"In the 5 months that BP managed this claims process... they only distributed $359 million Gulf-wide."