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Ed Markey: Just to note here, BP had 760 OSHA fines--versus one for ExxonMobil--so we can understand that there is something…

On the recordJanuary 25, 2011
Just to note here, BP had 760 OSHA fines--versus one for ExxonMobil--so we can understand that there is something fundamentally wrong here that a company like that was allowed to continue to operate.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey highlights discrepancies in safety fines between BP and ExxonMobil.

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