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Posted in Deepwater Horizon,Florida Maritime News,Government,Gulf Coast,Maritime Accidents on June 30, 2011
WASHINGTON — A Senate hearing before the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee will be held in Pensacola on July 11, 2011 where business leaders from Florida’s Panhandle will describe the region’s economic and environmental recovery from last year’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-West Miami, requested and helped organize the hearing to evaluate what’s needed for long-term recovery and what role Congress can play.
Witnesses at the hearing will include Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll; Collier Merrill, chairman of the Pensacola Chamber of Commerce; Capt. Bob Zales, president of the Panama City Boatmen Association; Joe Gilchrist, co-owner of the Flora-Bama Lounge on Perdido Key and Issac Duren, owner of Panama City Beach Summer Camps.
Duren said a financial settlement was “essential” after business declined “tremendously” because of the spill.
“I think the system has a lot of flaws in it, but it did work,” said Duren, who said business has picked up this year. “I’ve been able to get a fair settlement and get on with my life.
Source: Tallahassee.com
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-West Miami, requested and helped organize the hearing to evaluate what’s needed for long-term recovery and what role Congress can play.
“It’s important to me that the Senate not forget about the work that remains to be done in helping the Gulf Coast region recover from the oil spill,” Rubio said. “This hearing will be a valuable opportunity to hear from important small-business owners about what we can be doing in Washington to help businesses and families get back on their feet.”
The committee chairman, Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., liked the idea of documenting the recovery effort and exploring how to better manage future disasters.
“As a Gulf Coast senator myself, from one of the hardest-hit states by this disaster, I share your concern about the short-term and long-term recovery needs in the Gulf Coast region,” Landrieu wrote Rubio in agreeing to hold the hearing, scheduled for 9:30 a.m. in the Amos Performance Studio at Pensacola State College.
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