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James Carville: “Why don't we just have someone go down and put the sensors and send them the bill.”

On the recordJune 27, 2010
Why don't we just have someone go down and put the sensors and send them the bill.
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James Carville
Democratic · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Carville suggests that the government should take direct action to measure the oil flow instead of relying on BP.

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