In addition to the oil being pushed inland, there has been some discussion of the fact that a major storm could pick up some of the oil and re-dump it inland.
Oregon set in motion an experiment in the 1970s where we put an urban growth boundary around each of our urban settings.
Is it OK to drill 70 miles off the Oregon coast? The answer is no.
This is not all right for Wall Street, and it certainly isn't all right for oil drilling.
We have come together, all six of us, and proposed not a moratorium but a permanent ban on drilling off the Pacific Coast.
Prepared statement.
Should we also be talking about investment in parents, more investment in parent education?
I will be very interested in understanding the types of rigorous examination and testing of blowout preventers.
It's a problem, because it basically creates a greater challenge for diverse schools, and it's not a fair measure.
Let me give you a real example, the types of examples that we hear.
The modifications of HAMP are appreciated, but the HAMP process is inherently complex and messy.