07/13/2014
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"What does the Congress need to do?"
"As Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Water and Wildlife Subcommittee, I have been to the Gulf and seen first-hand the environmental and economic impacts of the BP oil disaster."
"Obviously, we need to do everything we can to help the people of the region, and we need to make sure that we do everything we can to get a restoration plan that repairs the damage that has been done."
"And you suggest that the health and welfare benefits could be quantified. And you put a range on it, $120 billion to $290 billion annually."