Posted on 06/21/2010 9:05:15 PM PDT by Federalist Patriot
Here is video of Florida GOP Sen. George LeMieux speaking on the Senate Floor today, where he blasted the Obama Administration’s response to the Gulf Oil Spill Crisis.
He particularly slammed Obama for the fact that there are still only 20 skimmers working off the coast of Florida to keep the oil at bay. This despite the fact LeMieux was told there are 2,000 skimmers available in the U.S. alone, in addition to international offers of help with skimmers.
LeMieux said he was told only 20 skimmers were in use to contain the massive Gulf Oil Spill because others may be needed “for an oil spill!” Are you kidding? Imagine the difference it would make if you had 2000 skimmers at work in the Gulf instead of 20. Sen. LeMieux said he will return to the Senate floor every day to ask, “Where are the skimmers?”
(Excerpt) Read more at freedomslighthouse.net ...
He will continue to blame BP until something good happens and then tell America, “See what I did to save you”?
I live in Gulf County, Florida in the panhandle. There is only ONE skimmer available for our county AND Franklin County. We have to protect this coastline, and the Apalachicola estuaries or our oyster, shrimping, scalloping and overall seafood industry will be destroyed along with the economies of two already poor counties.
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