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On the recordJune 8, 2010
If there is any national policy challenge that is not and should not be treated as partisan in any way, surely it is the ongoing oil disaster in the Gulf.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Carper highlights the need for bipartisan action on the Gulf oil disaster.

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