the issue of civil and criminal penalties increasing the issue of raising the liability limits, and the consequential fines of violations of regulation all being something that he felt was very important in the comprehensive look at safety and accountability.
Grijalva emphasizes the importance of raising oil spill liability limits for safety and accountability.
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