On April 16, 2009, Secretary or the Interior Ken Salizar held a public hearing in San Francisco to discuss offshore oil drilling. David Grace was able to raise the issue of pollutions spreading from state to state, but the host state controlling the economic damages when it does not declare a disaster.
Sec Interior Ken Salizar
Complete Regional OCS Hearing - San Francisco, CA can be found at <http://www.visualwebcaster.com/event.asp?id=57278>