Posted on 06/08/2010 4:15:08 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama will return to the Gulf Coast next week for a two-day update on the Gulf oil spill, reacting to Americans' rising frustration with the government's response to the disaster.
On the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gave fellow Democrats a strict deadline Tuesday to act on oil spill legislation.
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You are correct, sir.
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(A) If a discharge, or a substantial threat of a discharge, of oil or a hazardous substance from a vessel, offshore facility, or onshore facility is of such a size or character as to be a substantial threat to the public health or welfare of the United States (including but not limited to fish, shellfish, wildlife, other natural resources, and the public and private beaches and shorelines of the United States), the President shall direct all Federal, State, and private actions to remove the discharge or to mitigate or prevent the threat of the discharge.
(B) In carrying out this paragraph, the President may, without regard to any other provision of law governing contracting procedures or employment of personnel by the Federal Government–
(i) remove or arrange for the removal of the discharge, or mitigate or prevent the substantial threat of the discharge; and
(ii) remove and, if necessary, destroy a vessel discharging, or threatening to discharge, by whatever means are available.
Oops, didn’t see post 19.
When the history of this event is written, assuming it’s still legal to write history, Obama’s meddling is going to take several chapters. We pull the incident commander back to the White House yesterday to act as window dressing on a news conference, now we’re going to disrupt efforts again next week. The primary contribution Obama could make is to just butt out.
Shove him in the pipe? Or is that naughty?
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