06/07/2016
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"The only response Congress has taken to the BP oil spill has been to pass the RESTORE Act to ensure that 80 percent of the Clean Water Act fines and penalties will be sent to the Gulf Coast."
"We owe it to the families, we owe it to the workers, we owe it to the taxpayers and everyone in this country."
"The report card assessed or assigned a grade to us and it gave Congress a D+, barely passing. That is something we should be ashamed of."
"That is why this week I will be reintroducing the Big Oil Bailout Prevention Act, legislation that would remove the cap on oil spill liability and protect taxpayers from being stuck with the bill."