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Jeff Sessions: “But, you would admit that, just a few years ago, the high-side estimate for the cleanup was $180 billion, I believe, and…”

On the recordApril 21, 2009
But, you would admit that, just a few years ago, the high-side estimate for the cleanup was $180 billion, I believe, and now the high-side estimate is $260 billion.
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

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Sessions points out the increase in cleanup cost estimates over the years.

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