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On the recordApril 1, 2014
We learned a terrible lesson as a Nation from that tragedy about the over-reliance on technology, the complacency of operations, and the laxity of regulation.
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Jerry Moran
Republican · Kansas

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Moran reflects on the lessons learned from the Deepwater Horizon disaster.

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