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On the recordMay 17, 2010
this Senator wants to know what happened, as well, so it'll never happen again, because the consequences of this failure could be betting the store for my state
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Bill Nelson
Democratic · Florida
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Senator Nelson emphasizes the need to understand the incident to prevent future disasters.

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