fishermen who are watching us right now who are not -- can't even figure out how they're going to make it over the next month. we have got to do everything we can. this is our watch, and so, yes, i think the liability is unlimited. and i think b.p. needs to be prepared to pay and to pay up to the nth degree. whatever it takes to clean the mess. >> you head the subcommittee for the coast guard. we're not hearing much about the coast guard. what are they doing? how are they doing? are they doing everything they can do? >> they're doing absolutely everything they can do. from the very beginning, on the 20th of april, they were on the spot. of course, if you'll remember early on they were in a rescue mode trying to rescue the 11 folks who sad lly parished. then they were surveying the scene constantly and around the 24th i think it was they began to first notice the leaks and then later they discovered even