terror are bonn bay. the coastal islands.nd, of course, we are getting some in the mouth of the river. as the crow flies, you can see that is not very far. >> how many miles is that, do you think? >> i don't know the exact mileage. i'm going to say probably the port to the mouth of the river 25 miles. that is a guess. >> when you hear about oil getting into the marshes, where is that? >> that is happening at the mouth of the river by the southwest pass. they are getting some sheen into the inner marsh in the bay up to what they call myrtle grove. you see a lot of that white is no longer there. it has been eaten away. we talk about coastal erosion. we are getting erosion of a lot of the wetlands and marshes. they are putting booms out in the enterior marsh trying to protect the estuaries where shrimp and fish lay their examples. and into terror are bonn -- i mean into st. bernard and plaquemines parish on the east side they are concerned with the wetland. the lake up here is open to fishing. lake katherine is open to fishing b

you mentioned $500,000 that could have been spent and should have bonn spent on an acoustical switch. i was talking to one of our colleagues here who was a former prosecutor, former federal prosecutor. and the colleague said to me, if there is evidence that one, that two of the b.p. executives worked together to circumvent a law or regulation, it may very well be criminal conspiracy. to that end, the obama justice department has initiated a criminal probe of b.p.'s actions with regard to this spill. we know that this is not the first time b.p. has been involved in a serious accident that has cost lives. 11 on this drilling rig, at their refinery in texas, another large number of employees were both injured and killed. it's time for this industry to get its act together. i know that representative tonko, you've been involved in this for so very long. i see that representative farr is not with us right now, so if you'd pick this up and carry us for a little while. thank you very much. mr. tonko: listening to representative moran, our friend and colleague from virginia, reminds us of the