For 80-plus days now, oil from the BP oil spill has struck our shores. It is killing our marshes, injuring hundreds of birds, and destroying our world-renowned fishing habitats and oyster beds.
There is no doubt to anyone on the ground here that we are fundamentally in a war against this oil spill. It is invading our land, hurting our people, crippling our economy and threatening our state's future. We are deploying every resource and strategy we have against this oil — often in the absence of any other plan from BP or federal officials. ...
Too often in this disaster we have spent precious time battling red tape, bureaucracy and just a plain lack of common sense from the federal government and BP. We are in a war and we need the federal government to lead, follow or get out of the way. ...
To the people of coastal Louisiana, we will stand with you and work alongside you until every drop of oil is off of our coast and out of our waters and all of our fisheries and our industries are 100 percent restored.
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