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Henry Waxman: “It was caused by too little oversight and regulation, not too much.”

On the recordJanuary 25, 2011
It was caused by too little oversight and regulation, not too much.
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Waxman argues that the Deepwater Horizon spill resulted from insufficient regulation.

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