Unfortunately, the monetary penalties associated with these violations, which led to the worst environmental disaster in American history, would amount to only $21 million for BP and $12 million for Halliburton and Transocean.
Markey criticizes insufficient penalties for companies involved in the environmental disaster.
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Mr. President, I would like to speak on this motion to confirm Casey Mulligan to be chief counsel of the Office of Advocacy. In the last 3\1/2\ months, we have seen an unprecedented assault by the Trump administration on America's small…
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When a young person writes an op-ed in the student newspaper and get whisked off of the streets of Tuffs University to a prison in Louisiana with no charges that is what we are debating today.
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