around patty has a convenience store. chris is the owner of this bait shop.o, we were just talking about the economic impact that this is having. just to give a sense. terry has been shrimping out here for 46 years. his grandfather did it before him. and right now things are completely shut off for him. floyd leases the oyster beds from the staete. the state now, obviously and properly so, has said you can't be pulling seafood out of these waters right now. he has oil starting to seep into these oyster beds where he has leases, and as a consequence he is trying to figure out how long the damage. >> i'm a fourth generation and a son who is a fifth generation. we have been in this family for 100 years. >> butch was talking about the marina and making the point that these three or four months are basically when all of the business comes down. and normally all of his slips would be full right now. sounds like about only a third of them are full and it may get porse from there. >> all the charter business is shut down and we make the living on taking people out fi

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i spoke with pattie. for 30 years, she has owned a pmall convenience store, opened by her father. she depends on the sales generated by tourism each summer, but this year, most of the boats that would line the stocks are nowhere to be seen. normally this time of year, rooms are filling up and tackle is flying off the shelves. he has been devastated by the decline in tourism and the suspension of fishing in the waters off the louisiana coast. their stories are familiar to many in grand isle and throughout the gulf region. often, families have been here for generations, earning a living in making a life tied to the water. it is tied to the magnificent coast and the natural bounty of this place. here, this spill has not just damage livelihoods. as of ended whole communities. the fury people feel is not just about the money they have lost. they have been through tough times before. it is about the wrenching of recognition that this time, their lives may never be the same. these folks work hard. they meet their responsibilities. but now, because of a man-made catastrophe, one that is n

. >> pattie owns a convenience store. obviously, that store is dependent on these guys, fol coming in, filling up with gas, buying ice and soft drinks. she is down 85% on her business right now. so thiis just a sampling of what is happening out here. part of what we talked about wa what we n do to prevent oil from cing into these areas. part of what we talked about, in terms of the relief effort, we deployed folks here to help save their livelihood is right where they are. i will ask adral allen to make sure he is looking at where people are being deployed, where vessels are being deployed, to makeure he people who know the waters best are being hired there. the final thing is, what we talked about in new orleans, or making sure that claims are being procesd effectively? right now, after that initial $5,000 check that bp wrote the clms center has been taking in claims, but it sounds, based on what i am hearing, that there is a lot of process, but not that much actu action. we are wrong to see if we can do something better

. >> pattie owns a convenience store. obviously, that store is dependent on these guys, folks coming in, filling up with gas, buying ice and soft drinks. she is down 85% on her business right now. so this is just a sampling of what is happening out here. part of what we talked about was what we can do to prevent oil from coming into these areas. part of what we talked about, in terms of the relief effort, we deployed folks here to help save their livelihood is right where they are. i will ask admiral allen to make sure he is looking at where people are being deployed, where vessels are being deployed, to make sure he people who know the waters best are being hired there. the final thing is, what we talked about in new orleans, or making sure that claims are being processed effectively? right now, after that initial $5,000 check that bp wrote, the claims center has been taking in claims, but it sounds, based on what i am hearing, that there is a lot of process, but not that much actual action. we are wrong to see if we can

i also want to recognize hoosiers who also shared danger of combat above the rice patties and forest of the mekong delta. that is those who served with hal-3 from indiana. j. howard cook, rick hodge, melvin howl, thomas h. jackson, robert l. redmond, and jay wakeland. madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. buyer: in support of house resolution 1228. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. buyer:with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from indiana yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. filner: madam speaker, i also yield back the balance of our time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california yields back the balance of his time of the the question is, will the house suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 1228, as amended. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are -- mr. filner:

i would like to put you in touch with someone like patti hubbard, who owns a restaurant in clearwater, florida. there are 20 people in her family. she said, we made it through the recession, the coldest winter ever. they are hard-working folks. why should they be on the hook for bp's criminal actions? host: what about oversight from mms, other federal regulators? guest: there is plenty to go around. like i said, there has been a slow motion decline of oversight from all companies. let's face it, big oil has expended a lot of money here in washington lobbying, political contributions, convincing folks that this is a safe proposition. even off the coast of mexico, that was a disaster. we should have learned something. talking about the mineral management service, they were literally sleeping with the industry. lately, thh secretary of the interior showed a report, the one that had direct oversight for oil companies in the gulf of mexico, they were going on trips together, went to football games. it is a terrible revolving door. in is not right to have an agency who has oversight, as wel

we're seeing tar balls and oil patties. it is all the way from western mississippi to pensacola. it is starting to move north and slightly east. thee concerned from mississippi and louisiana line all the way over to florida. in regards to that, we have a lot of people out doing clean- up operations on the beach, skimming off shore. i want to talk about a couple of things that will be of interest to the local community. we have a vessel opportunity system where local boatmen and boat owners can come and register their boats to do work on the water, anything from inspecting booms, observing oil concentration, anything that will help our response. yesterday, we had a total of 443 vessels of opportunity working around alabama. i want to give you a sense of where they were at. 61 vessels out of daulphin island. 74 out of dog river. 142 from bayou lebatre. 23 vessels from fairhope. we're trying to optimize the local knowledge, expertise, and talent. i would also like to talk about our qualified community responder program. what we're trying to do is find unemployed individuals that wou

patti on the democrat's line. caller: my main concern with the way that this is being presented by senator barrasso is that he is slamming the democratic party and president for supporting its own legislation which truly believes it does allow for the lower and middle classes and fixes the egregious practices that insurance companies have gotten away with. overall, it is a huge positive for most of americans. america, i work for the government. there are plenty of people who will benefit greatly. i have two stepsons who will be all ready. he is criticizing the party for educating people about the key aspects of bilthe law when there are plenty of conservative tax- exempt groups said are giving the exact opposite. guest: it is interesting. the democratic party said of the mailer to everyone on medicare. very misleading information in there that has been criticized roundly by the press. it is interesting when we talk about the number of people being helped, when you have $550 billion taken away from seniors, taken a

we're seeing tar balls and oil patties. it is all the way from western mississippi to pensacola. it is starting to move north and slightly east. we're concerned from the mississippi and louisiana line all the way over to florida. in regards to that, we have a lot of people out doing clean-up operations on the beach, skimming off shore. i want to talk about a couple of things that will be of interest to the local community. we have a vessel opportunity system where local boatmen and boat owners can come and register their votes to do work on the water, anything from -- boats to do work on the water, anything from inspecting booms, observing oil concentration, anything that will help our response. yesterday, we had a total of 443 vessels of opportunity working around alabama. i want to give you a sense of where they were at. daulphins out of island. 23 vessels from fairhope. we're trying to optimize the local knowledge, expertise, and talent. i would also like to talk about are qualified community and responder program -- our qualified community responder program. what we're trying

we're now into tar patties and the connections of those. we have not seen the devastation in the marshes that others have seen. we have our estuaries and oystering and things around us, but it has not impacted us quite get like it has there. we know it is coming. we know it is at pensacoll beach. we know the sheen is within 1 mile offshore. there has been significant odor at times. the quality of life has, not+ only for those who live there on the island such as myself, but for anyone who would want to come visit, has definitely deteriorated substantially. there is no end to this. the next step i have to come o is, what is bp doing to help us pet through this? the claims process has been cumbersome. there have been treeendous amounts of $5,000 checks given out to individual fishermen and oysterman -- all deserving. when it comes to the small business side -- to anyone who has more of of pnl impact -- more of a pnl impact, we have seen no claims response so far. in our case, we finally decided to go with a local attorney to help us do that.