On the recordMay 25, 2010
Well, the Senator's question is well put. Justice could not be achieved under the present cap. As a matter of fact, as I said earlier, today the United States declared a fishing disaster in three Gulf States: Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Louisiana itself has a $2.4 billion seafood industry, and it supplies up to 40 percent of all of the U.S. seafood. Clearly, just that figure alone gives us a sense that all of those individuals and communities and entities would not receive justice.
