"If they don't get this thing cut off, and 'Hallelujah' if they do, there's going to be a lot of oil there in the Gulf sloshing around. It is going to considerably alter our way of life along the Gulf, and it could be along the Atlantic Coast as well," the Florida Democrat said on Sunday's CBS' "Face the Nation."
Nelson told host Bob Schieffer about the economic impact that is already being felt in his own state, even though the amount of oil that's reached the coastline along the Florida panhandle "wasn't that bad" as of now.
that's from cbs news and the nelson is senator bill nelson of florida.
here's a video of senator nelson speaking on the gulf disaster from the democratic policy committee: