[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 7120]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             GULF OIL SPILL

  (Mr. BUCHANAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. BUCHANAN. Mr. Speaker, the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico they 
claim is going to be the largest ecological disaster in the history of 
the country. Over 3 million barrels of oil have already leaked into the 
Gulf, 200,000 gallons a day. They say they might not have a fix for 
another 30 days.
  Numerous experts have talked to me because I am concerned, I am from 
counties that have beautiful beaches, Sarasota, Manatee Counties, that 
this couldn't happen, they had the technology, it's not possible, but 
yet here we are today.
  I can tell you that we need to focus all our resources, there is 
plenty of blame to go around, in stopping this now, not another 30 
days. This will impact all of Florida, a lot of region.
  I stand here to do everything I can with everybody else to make sure 
we plug the hole today. Also we need to continue to fight in Florida 
against drilling off our beaches.

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