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Hole in our budget and our state, and the ripple effect is going to be felt by every american consumer across the united states. we're either going to have higher gas prices this summer or we're going to have -- become more dependant upon foreign oil. >> eric, how do you reconcile the obvious agenda to try to diminish if not eliminate our dependance on fossil fuels and certainly deep water drilling and all the rest of the things that create potential and what we're seeing are disastrous real risks and all of the points that ewel just made about the day-to-day reality of dealing with life on th...

They go back out on the water. you take the water away, i don't know what -- what those people are going to do. it goes to some comments senator landrieu offered just yesterday. >> we've always said we're a working coast. we didn't build this coast on condos. we do vacation there, but we didn't build it full of vacation homes. we've built it with a great fishing industry, both commercial and recreation, and the oil and gas industry. half of a family, as you know would fish. the other half would work on the rig. >> joining us now a couple of gentlemen, well versed in the subject. yual smith, ex...