A trickle, I don't know what a trickle is, but certainly a very, very substantial reduction. BP said they could handle 250,000 barrel spill. They weren't able to handle what they said was Initially a 5000 [barrel spill] which went, then went to 20 or 25 and now we think is a much greater spill than that. Well, Steny, guess what? I agree wholeheartedly with you. The American people want this oil leak stopped now. They want to know what happened. (06:01–06:08)
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Asserts that the oil spill estimates increased from 5,000 barrels to a much greater amount.
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