thing to do. let's say he does it tomorrow. it's too late to get the boats in, in time. and we've got all these hurricanes coming. >> also this 1990 oil pollution act that requires skimmers to be preportioned throughout the country. if this is a war being waged right here, you think -- >> you drop that, too. >> this is the worst oil crisis in u.s. history. cut the red tape. redeploy them down here. let's not worry about what might happen. we have a situation here we need to deal with. we need to cut the red tape. >> when gu out on the water, do you see skimmers? >> i was on the water monday. glad you asked that question. we saw a swath of oil 10 miles in length, two miles wide, not one skimmer in sight, not one. >> tiny amount of work being done on the cleanup, watching somebody try to clean the super dome with a toothbrush. >> the thing you come away with when you go down there. i go down there two, three, four times a week, is the lack of xwimt. we need to intensify the equipment, the manpower and after 72 days, you would think we would have a sense of