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On the recordMay 20, 2010
I hate to say this, but I think the United States government is naive. They're -- they're -- they're -- we could have subpoenaed that on day two. We are the United States government. We have the power to subpoena. We have the Justice Department, the Interior Department, the EPA, the God knows whatnot. We're sitting around, in my opinion, and just not doing anything, not treating this like what it is, is a disaster of the first order.
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James Carville
Democratic · Louisiana

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James Carville criticizes the U.S. government's lack of action in response to the oil spill.

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