there are people whose homes have lost value. not even anywhere near oil. how many of those people can you please? well, you hope that you can please everybody in one sense, that the program is fair, it s quick, it s consistent. you know, the claims are as diverse as human nature. i ll have to look at each claim. can t prejudge anything. see the facts, observe the facts. governor riley in alabama, i met with him about a week ago. he looked at me and said look me in the eye, ken, and tell me are you going to do right by the people of alabama? and i told him absolutely, and i intend to. so when you are looking at all i know this is sort of a basic question. do you have a staff? are you superimposing over the bp people that are working? the latter. bp, to its credit, they have over a thousand people working in the gulf now on claims.
applications in 9/11, we only had 35 examples of fraud. we ve got to create as part of the program that i m establishing an anti-fraud provision or an anti-fraud protection. we re getting tremendous cooperation from the department of justice, which will help us. we ll make sure nothing can undercut the credibility of this program more than fraud, and we ll take every step we can to minimize the likelihood of fraudulent applications and payments. and in our final minutes, tell me how you found people down there. are they receptive to you? do they feel as though they are going to get a fair shake? just what are those meetings like? every meeting is different. i spent one day in louisiana going around with senator landrieu at various town hall meetings, i ve been to alabama, mississippi, florida. tomorrow back in florida,
project that notion. but the reality is that in rhode island and other states that have essentially the same kind of protocol, and what s more is that in the federal process called 287-g, a program that calls for states and the federal government to work together on these things, essentially arizona has just codified that in state law. it s ironic that with all of the arguments that this is somehow about racial profiling, i think the president of the united states has spoken known falsehoods about this bill because the bill itself, in numerous cases, numerous places, outlaws racial profiling. but there is intent, congressman, there is intent and then there is what actually happens. and the truth is if an arizona policeman pulled me over for speeding, i seriously doubt he would ask me for my papers. but if someone who looked latino was pulled over, i m assuming they would ask for those papers. so isn t the net product to be profiling? no, i don t think so.
money and how much. i am not a government official. i am not a bp official. the administration and bp agreed that there ought to be an independent person with experience and credibility to design, implement and administer the program. he s been on the road meeting with victims along the gulf already trying to answer questions offering reassurance and determining benefits. it is a task made harder by the fact that oil continues to flow, leaving the full scope of damage yet to be determined. a program like this cannot be designed or administered from washington. you have to come down here, hear what people say, take the time to listen. i learned that from 9/11. when i went to new york and the
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