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Executive director for the florida fish and wildlife conservation convention. nick, how is the fish? >> dylan, the fishing is awesome in florida. the fish are biting. red snapper season is in full swing in the northwest florida area. people are missing out if they don't come to florida. bring your dad. come fishing. come today. >> i'm thinking, my goodness, the gulf of mexico. i'm watching the news. i've seen the video cam too many times. i'm thinking, man, i'm not going down there. it looks toxic. what are people çmiss sing? >> very little of our beaches and state waters have been impacted ...

Royalties on anything they drill out there. but how about expanded taxpayer subsidies for them to do it more? this is, not to put too fine a point on it, our oil. and yet we're paying them to drill it. and then we're not collecting a percentage from it. even though it's ours and even though we bear the environmental disastrous being whenever anything goes wrong. the blood pressure down news about the new climate bill is states can veto any new drilling projects within 75 miles of their coastline. governor charlie crist of florida is taking preemptive action, he's asking state legislators to ap...

Up, but it's after the fact. >> candy, you make a good point. this should have been done long ago. every step. because we get about 30% of our oil now out of the gulf. we have hundreds of drilling platforms now and there will probably be more, but we should never sacrifice safety, safety of our marine life, safety of our people, safety of everything to something on the cheap. this was probably done to save money and look where we are today. >> senator nelson, the same question to you. where was the u.s. congress on this? >> well, you're exactly right, candy. big oil wants its way. they have be...

Drill three miles off the coast of florida in state waters. big oil has had its way among the regulators. there has been a cozy relationship between the regulators and mms. you remember all those stories back in the mid part of this past decade. sex parties, all kinds of trips. >> shouldn't congress have some responsibility? >> you are doggone right, candy. you are doggone right. that's exactly right. that's what a number of us have been calling for. we could never get to first base, because oil would flex its muscle and call in its votes and we could never get anything done. tragically, it is...

This is an area very popular for commercial tuna fishing as well, but so far state officials in louisiana and mississippi say they have no signs that any state waters or state beaches have been affected in any way. ed lavandera, cnn, new orleans. making a list and checking it twice or even three times. president obama weighing potential supreme court nominees. i will play the name game. where is sonny. >> sonny haustin, contributor to "in session" next in the cnn "newsroom. >> good morning, sonny. >> good morning. their safe arrival is highly anticipated. as is something else. a shipment of ...