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Steve Scalise: It's a sad time especially as we look at what's happening every day as more oil gushes into our marshland, our valuable…

On the recordMay 26, 2010
It's a sad time especially as we look at what's happening every day as more oil gushes into our marshland, our valuable, fragile ecosystem. But if there is anything that eclipses the sadness we're experiencing on the coast, it's the loss of those 11 lives, the 11 brave men who died on that Horizon rig, and the families that they left behind. So many of those young men left behind young children and wives who now have to cope with the loss and somehow find a way to move on. So our prayers go out to those who lost their lives, and their families who are continuing to experience the tragedy that we're all so sorry for experiencing on the gulf coast. So it's a sad time for all of us on the gulf coast, but we want to give a special pause for those who lost their lives and the young children and spouses that they leave behind.
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Steve Scalise
Republican · Louisiana
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May 26, 2010

Editor's note · Context

The speaker addresses the tragedy of the oil spill and the loss of lives from the Horizon rig incident.

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