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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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