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Florida Senator Bill Nelson is fighting to secure more resources to fight the BP oil spill.

Nelson helped wave a federal law to bring 18 more skimmers to the coast to suck oil out of the Gulf. The Democratic senator toured the state Emergency Operations Center in Tallahassee Tuesday. Nelson is pleased with the state’s response, but says more can be done on the federal level to help people with economic losses resulting from the spill. He’s trying to create a federal tax break for people living in gulf coast communities hit by the oil.

“That 20 billion dollar trust fund is going to reimburse these people for their loss of income, but they need help right now. They need immediate relief and this is just one way we can help out,” said Nelson.

So far only 86 miles of Florida’s panhandle coast has see either oil or tar balls. Florida has 875 miles of coastline.