Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., right, listens to Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., left, as they testify before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday, May 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Photo by LEXEY SWALL
Congressman Connie Mack (FL-14) speaks at a press conference to discuss the 2010 hurricane season at the James V. Mudd Emergency Services Center on Tuesday in East Naples. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Prediction Center forecasted an "active to extremely active" hurricane season for the Atlantic Basin. Lexey Swall/Staff
U.S. Rep. Connie Mack and U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson have scheduled stops Wednesday in Southwest Florida to talk about the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Nelson, D-Fla., plans to meet with Florida Gulf Coast University scientists as he unveils proposed legislation to assess the federal plan for tracking underwater traces of oil, gas and other toxins from the Deepwater Horizon spill.
Mack, R-Fort Myers, has scheduled a visit to the Bonita Springs corporate offices of Containment Resources, which manufactures and distributes containment boom.
A statement from Mack’s office says he will discuss the ongoing clean-up effort in the Gulf and stress the need to devote more resources to the response.
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