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And the other reason why i think the military analogy is valid, i sat down with admiral allen not long ago and he said that only in a military setting can you really have unity of command. you can have unity of effort or unity of purpose, the way things are set up now with the command center, and the federal officials here and bp there and kind of working together. but everything that we hear from the coast o about the success or failure of the containment efforts, about the oil that's now approaching the oil that's now there, suggests to me that a more unified command and a bigger, frankly, d...

He's got to go in and bring the necessary equipment in place to do everything we can to stave off this environmental disaster of epic proportions? >> the house speaker spoke about this today and about bp. let me play it for you. >> everything bp told us turned out to be a betrayal of the public trust, that they had the technology to dig that deep, that they had the capacity to prevent a blow-out. but if one occurred, they had the adequacy of a response. they did not on any score. and the people of the region are paying dearly, as is our entire country. >> i don't want to shock you too much, bu...

>> well, administration, no. i mean this is individual congresswomen that have taken it upon their own because they care. we've had a lot of people that have come down and it is mostly -- it is initiative from them that have helped us and brought us to the table to even have a conversation with bp. you know? >> we wish you all the best and we're going to stay on it. thank you. >> we appreciate it. >> we will stay in touch with you and with your fellow oystermen. >> we appreciate you for having us. this is what it's going to take, people like yourself caring enough to bring us out here and expo...

Turn the corner after katrina and after rebuilding. i want to play a little bit of your last testimony, think it was may 27th to the house judiciary committee. let's watch. >> our request is as follows. the federal government to ensure immediate compensation paid to the fishermen to provide for income replacement and family living expense. the lack of federal and state income returns must not preclude any fishermen from receiving compensation. >> mr. encalade, at this stage are you more encouraged now that we are confirming reports that out of this meeting which is still going on at the white ...

Questions as possible, my guess is whey will be doing that. >> when we talk about tony hayward, he is unfortunately, because of that commercial if not else, and his other kbhent about when is he going to get his life back, he's really going to face a withering inquiry on the hill. >> you know, we saw yesterday some oil company executives, and to be honest, there was lots and lots of nastiness going from congress toward them. i can only imagine -- my guess will be exponentially worse. as you point out, tony hayward has really not helped himself. apparently you can rise to a very high position i...