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Jeff Sessions: “The companies who've made large profits from production of oil and gas have high responsibilities. I expect them... to…”

On the recordMay 17, 2010
The companies who've made large profits from production of oil and gas have high responsibilities. I expect them... to pay for the damage that they've done.
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

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Sessions insists that oil companies should be held accountable for spill damages.

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