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On the recordJune 14, 2010
What we learned today -- and they all admitted it -- that none of them have the capacity to respond to a worst-case scenario.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey reveals that oil companies lack the capacity to respond to major oil spill scenarios.

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