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On the recordJune 13, 2010
In each and every case, they cut corners. They wanted to save time. They wanted to spend less money. And had they not done that, we might not have had that kind of explosion that we're now dealing with.
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California

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Waxman discusses BP's negligence in prioritizing cost over safety, which contributed to the oil rig explosion.

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