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Garret Graves: “I think it is absolutely ridiculous that we still have the volumes of oil that are out there today.”

On the recordApril 21, 2015
I think it is absolutely ridiculous that we still have the volumes of oil that are out there today.
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Garret Graves
Republican · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Graves criticizes the ongoing oil recovery efforts five years after the spill.

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