nobody in louisiana wants another spill, another explosion, another avoidable -- another tragic loss of life. we're also saying listen to the experts. let's do this right and do this safely. >> if politics and the economic impact wasn't an issue for you -- obviously as governor, that's a huge issue. economic impact on the people of your state. if that wasn't an issue, purely on safety grounds, how can you argue that some sort of pause does not make sense? >> i've agreed a pause makes sense. i have no problem with a pause. i have no problem saying we're stopping for a period of time and while we do that, here are the specific things we're going to do. but listen to some of the suggestions our own delegation has made to them. allow them to drill but not up to the oil reservoir so you don't have a danger and still have people put to work. i have no problem with the pause. what i'm saying is listen to the experts. don't listen to me as the elected governor of louisiana. listen to the experts they, themselves, appointed. >> one of the things william riley, republican co-chair of the commission the president has set up, he said in the open hearings we discovered basically