my colleague brian salerno -- where are you, brian? brian came from the coast guard. we need to make sure that our arctic response capabilities search and rescue capabilities safety, environment, all those things are solid and in place. it has been well documented through challenges that they had in the 2012 drilling season -- we are talking about harsh conditions. we are not talking about the gulf of mexico. we wanted to know how to do it right. i will also say that many of the companies that may the interested in development in the u.s. arctic are also companies that have developed in other parts of the arctic. exxon mobil i believe is doing work with russia. we need to know what we are doing. to the extent that there is development there, and strong potential, we want to make sure the resources are there to drill and contain the spill if there is a spill. it is not a problem as much in the gulf, but you have a lot of -- it is a long way, a lot of time, and there is a much shorter season because of ice. lots to learn, and i think it is important that as companies sh

my colleague brian salerno, brian came from the coast guard. we need to make sure that our arctic response capabilities, search and rescue capabilities, safety, environment, all of those things are solid and in place. i think as has been well documented, through the challenges they had in the 2012 drilling season, we are talking about harsh conditions. we're not talking about the gulf of mexico. we wanted to know how to do it right. i will also say that many of the companies that may be interested in developing the u.s. arctic are also the same companies that are developing in other parts of the arctic. exxonmobil i believe is doing work with russia. so we need to know what we're doing. to the extent there is development there and we believe there is strong potential, we want to make sure we do it right. we want to make sure the resources are there to drill a relief well, to contain a spill if there is a spill. and, you know, it is not a problem as much in the gulf, even though it was with deep water horizon. you have a lot of assets there. tha

my colleague brian salerno -- where are you, brian? brian came from the coast guard. we need to make sure that our arctic response capabilities search and rescue capabilities safety, environment, all those things are solid and in place. it has been well documented through challenges that they had in the 2012 drilling season -- we are talking about harsh conditions. we are not talking about the gulf of mexico. we wanted to know how to do it right. i will also say that many of the companies that may the interested in development in the u.s. arctic are also companies that have developed in other parts of the arctic. exxon mobil i believe is doing work with russia. we need to know what we are doing. to the extent that there is development there, and strong potential, we want to make sure the resources are there to drill and contain the spill if there is a spill. it is not a problem as much in the gulf, but you have a lot of -- it is a long way, a lot of time, and there is a much shorter season because of ice. lots to learn, and i think it is important that as companies sh