On the recordMay 25, 2010
Well, I appreciate the Senator's question. The Senator himself has at various times informed this body of something that he has referred to as the loop current, which is, in essence, a natural current that could very well take the oilspill from the region of the gulf and move it along the Senator's State in Florida and beyond. This is an enormous concern. Already, as I said earlier, the U.S. Government has banned fishing products from three States, and the consequences of that just in one dimension in terms of the seafood that part of the country generates for us domestically, both in terms of the billions of dollars as well as the consumption of seafood is now one that has been barred by the U.S. Government. So we are increasingly seeing the consequences of this damage. There is real concern this could move in a direction that would be consequential to other States as well.
