So, I encourage you to encourage others to make applications if they can demonstrate that they have been affected negatively, and, frankly, if there is not enough money to cover those applications that come forward out of the existing fund then BP, who is the perpetrator here, they started this whole thing, they ought to be made to pay, and you can, I think, rest assured that Members on both sides of the aisle will push them to do so.
Sarbanes urges affected individuals to apply for compensation from BP for the oil spill.
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