04/27/2010
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"The Gulf of Mexico has suffered long enough. The revenues from the spill penalties offer a once-in-a-lifetime chance to begin reversing decades' worth of destruction. The country cannot allow this opp..."
"this funding, Senator, will really help us find our way forward, because we have to figure out a way to mine the natural resources that are so important for the economic development and strength of th..."
"The time for action is now; we cannot afford to wait."
"If we had not passed the RESTORE Act, all of that money would have come, under previous law, to the Federal Treasury."