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On the recordMarch 15, 2011
The BP oil spill is evidence of the environmental and the economic consequence, an impact of our oil dependence.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Carper uses the BP oil spill to illustrate the dangers of oil dependence.

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