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Ed Markey: Perhaps we shouldn't be waiting for BP to be spending that money, because they don't want to know how big their…

On the recordJuly 6, 2010
Perhaps we shouldn't be waiting for BP to be spending that money, because they don't want to know how big their liability is.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey expresses concern that BP is avoiding financial responsibility by not wanting to know the extent of the oil spill.

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