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Mary Landrieu: “I felt like it was the most fair thing to direct 80 percent of that penalty back to the Gulf where the accident…”

On the recordJuly 28, 2014
I felt like it was the most fair thing to direct 80 percent of that penalty back to the Gulf where the accident happened, which is what the RESTORE Act did and passed.
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Mary Landrieu
Democratic · Louisiana

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Landrieu emphasizes the fairness of directing funds from the RESTORE Act to the Gulf.

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