this commission is similar to3 i vass democratssto co-chair theecommission. bob represented floriia for almost two decades. he earned a reputation assa champion of the environment, leading the most extenssve the environmental protection effort in the history of the state. bill reilly is on the world live liwildlife fund. bill was the administrator of the environmental protection agency under bush. his tenure included the exxon i cannot think of two people will bring greater experience or better judgment to the disasttr. in the days to come, i will appoint five others, including scientists, engineers, environmental advocates to join them on the commission. i ammdirecting them to report back in six months with prevent and mitigate the impact of any future spills the result in offshore drilling. one of the reasons i ran for president was to put america on the path to energy independence. i have not wavered from that commitment. to achieve that goal, we must pursue clean energy and energy efficiency.+ we've taken steps to do so. we must also pursue domestic sourr