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>> you know, we're actually not. there's really been no advances in surface remediation, surface cleanup. they may have more skimmers, but skimmers don't work in ocean waves. they only work in flat water. and so oil that does come to the surface does end up in the wetlands and does end up on the beach. keep in mind, too, that in deep water, when you have a spill like this, almost 90% of the oil never even comes to the surface. it's in the deep water column damaging the sea life and could be there for months and years, we don't know how long it would last there. >> is there any progress to repo...

Suck that stuff off the ocean. half a dozen supertankers, a million barrels each, could hold a whole lot of liquid, but you know why we're not doing that and nobody is willing to talk about it? there's a little law called the jones act which prohibits foreign-built marine ships from operating in domestic waters in order to protect the domestic ship building industry, but nobody has the courage to say let's waive the jones act and get these supertankers in here to clean up the mess so it doesn't hit the beach in the first place. >> and real quick -- what's the rationale behind the jones act, an...