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Cliff Stearns: “It's really outrageous that you sit here and tell us that you're going to punt to the unified command, when we had 11…”

On the recordJune 14, 2010
It's really outrageous that you sit here and tell us that you're going to punt to the unified command, when we had 11 people killed, we have had a huge environmental disaster. And you're still sitting here as a CEO of BP? Frankly, I would call for your resignation. I'm calling for it today. I'm not asking for you to apologize. I'm asking you to resign.

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Stearns expresses outrage at BP's CEO for his handling of the oil spill and calls for his resignation.

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