dr. boesch?been at this together, we think alike and finish each other's sentences, but one just to add to that is that the interior, secretary interior requested a congress appropriation for fiscal 2011 which would enhance the capacity of the former boem to meet these highest stdards and to process these applications, and so the lackof those funds obviously presents a handicabut only if implementing the recommendations but getting the industry back to business. >> if the congress is unable or is unwilling to impose the fees that are recommended, and inevitably the cuts that are proposed for the agency that would have oversight and responsibility is this regulatory framework is simply unable to implement the regulations that you have put forward opening us up, you could comment, opening up to the possibility that we would have another bill of deep water that we would be unable to clean up and unable to properly project. >> conagra's woman, i would say this bill has cost tens of llions of dollars

dr. boesch?been at this together, we think alike and finish each other's sentences, but one just to add to that is that the interior, secretary interior requested a congress appropriation for fiscal 2011 which would enhance the capacity of the former boem to meet these highest standards and to process these applications, and so the lack of those funds obviously presents a handicap but only if implementing the recommendations but getting the industry back to business. >> if the congress is unable or is unwilling to impose the fees that are recommended, and inevitably the cuts that are proposed for the agency that would have oversight and responsibility is this regulatory framework is simply unable to implement the regulations that you have put forward opening us up, you could comment, opening up to the possibility that we would have another bill of deep water that we would be unable to clean up and unable to properly project. >> conagra's woman, i would say this bill has cost us tens of billions o

dr. donald boesch is environmental of science joined by fell loy commissioner jerri garcia, the executivet for the mission programs for the geographic national society. thank you, and please proceed. >> [inaudible] >> could you put your mike on, i think? >> mr. chairman, and members of the subcommittees, thank you for giving me and my colleague, jerry garcia a chance to testify. it's an honor to present the findings regarding the explosion and spill as well as recommendations in u.s. policy concerning offshore drilling. as innative of louisiana and having lived through the difficult decade of the 80s, i understand the importance of the oil and gas industry in the local economy and the nation's energy supply. anyone from the region understands the need to maintain a thriveing industry. it was deeply personal to me to witness the damage done to the coast and wetland and communities as a result of the spill. in may of last year, president obama created our commission and asked us to determine the causes of the deepwater horizon disaster, evaluate the response, and advise the nation about fut

dr. boesch?>> yes, we have been at this together, we think alike and finish each other's sentences, but one just to add to that is that the interior, secretary interior requested a congress appropriation for fiscal 2011 which would enhance the capacity of the former boem to meet these highest standards and to process these applications, and so the lack of those funds obviously presents a handicap but only if implementing the recommendations but getting the industry back to business. >> if the congress is unable or is unwilling to impose the fees that are recommended, and inevitably the cuts that are proposed for the agency that would have oversight and responsibility is this regulatory framework is simply unable to implement the regulations that you have put forward opening us up, you could comment, opening up to the possibility that we would have another bill of deep water that we would be unable to clean up and unable to properly project. >> conagra's woman, i would say this bill has cost us te