Barack Obama actually said...

Over the last decade, this agency has become emblematic of a failed philosophy that views all regulation with hostility -- a philosophy that says corporations should be allowed to play by their own rules and police themselves.

Context

Obama critiques the Minerals Management Service for its regulatory failures related to the oil industry.

06/14/2010

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