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>> sure. between st. bernard parish and our neighboring parish, plaquemines pair wish rich, we were the worst hit and we're still struggling with getting our industry and coastline back to where we needed it to be. >> you may or may not heard me talk earlier to the man responsible for dishing out compensation. what is your reading of the people in your area? are they getting compensated? are many being denied money they should be getting? >> you know, we continue to the see what we think are significant problems in the claims process. you know, mr. feinberg has come to st. bernard twice. we're...

>> we've gotten some claims from dentists, kai proprak tors, veterinarians. but i want to emphasize most of the claims in the gulf are for real people. i don't want to make a joke of this. fishermen, shrimpers, oyster harvesters, hotels right on the beach. that's where the $4 billion has gone. and i'm determined. you know, you take a lot of heat on this, but i'm determined to process these claims and get money out the door to eligible claimants. >> you know, ken, as you know, i'm from pensacola. a lot of people very frustrated in pensacola about the rate of pay, but "the new york times," i'm s...

Given me at least three different answers in the last six days on the claims process and the documentation. right before i came on the air today, they told me a new rule that wasn't going to change anything other than the delay of the checks. so i think they're waiting for the feinberg rosen team to kick into gear so they can spend the $30 billion and i think bp has put the brakes on every claimant, not just my clients with a lawyer but people without lawyers are not getting paid. they need the money more than anything. they promised feinberg, they promised the white house they wouldn't change...

Significant. this is the largest leak, the largest oil accident in the history of the country, and i am sure there is a commensurate fine. >> are we talking about another $20 billion? ballpark figure? >> well, there are different ways to do the calculations, but it is a significant amentf money. >> this is in addition to the money that is in an escrow that ken feinberg will distribute through the claims process. >> yes, and then a third part which is the natural resources damages and they have to pay for the natural resources that were damaged, and then that money is used to restore those dama...

Funding veterans' medical care are over and just as though delays were unacceptable, so too are long delays in the claims process. so secretary shinseki and working overtime to create a single lifetime electronic record that our troops and veterans can keep for life, and, today, today i can announce that for the first time ever, veterans will be able to go to the va website, click a simple blue button and download or print your personal health records so you have them when you need them and can share them with your doctors outside of the va. that's happening this fall. [ applause ] we're hirin...