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On the recordJune 13, 2010
If BP can... could get an escrow for $15 billion, they will be lucky, because this company is going down as one of the top scoundrels in all of American history.
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California

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Waxman suggests that BP is in a dire situation and implies that they have a history of dishonesty.

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