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>> i don't think they understand every hour counts, every day counts. we don't have time for meetings. we don't have time for committees and conference calls. we need to make a decision, move forward and do it quickly. >> despite the governor's frustration, as of now, the interior department's decision stands. the work has halted, the dredging has stopped and the battle between state and federal officials goes on. >> you saw plaquemines' parish president billy nungesser a moment ago. he joins us now by phone. there was a meeting at the interior department where they were going to review this. ...

This is bureaucratic bull. find a reason. it's not even a good reason. we got locals who say these guys are crazy. where was the federal wildlife and fish for the last 50 years? they say we can't put nothing back because it might hurt what's there. every year we watch it deteriorate. that's why the breeding ground was so far inland where the oil is destroying it now. >> billy nungesser brought a group of reporters to the island today, hoping to put pressure on the interior department to reverse their decision. >> i don't think they understand every hour counts, every day counts. we don't have ...

For injunctive relief. it's gone. so the part that says you have to buy insurance is gone. >> let me back up for a minute. because i think, you know, this is very complicated stuff. an expert i talked to said, elizabeth, imagine the three-legged stool and you chopped off one of the legs, falls over. that's what's going to happen to health care reform if this decision stands. >> because this is how it became practical to pay for it, that everybody had to buy insurance. >> exactly. again, to back up again, health care reform does this wonderful thing of getting insurance to people with pre-exist...

Are crazy. they say we can't put nothing back because it might hurt what's there. that's why the breeding ground was so far inland where the oil is stroiing it now. >> billy nungesser praut a group of reporters to the island today, hoping to put pressure on the government. >> i don't think they understand every hour counts, every day counts. we don't have time for committees and conference calls. we need to make a decision, move forward and do it quickly. >> despite the governor's from us trags, as of now, the interior department's decision stands. the work has halted, the dredging has stopped...