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Lisa Murkowski: “Do you believe that it would have helped BP, Transocean, Halliburton, in this instance had there been a specific blowout…”

On the recordMay 10, 2010
Do you believe that it would have helped BP, Transocean, Halliburton, in this instance had there been a specific blowout prevention plan?
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

Editor's note · Context

Murkowski questions the necessity of a specific blowout prevention plan post-incident.

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