09/20/2011
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"Again, the reason I am raising these issues is that it is not just the Gulf of Mexico, it is everywhere."
"I think there needs to be a very significant increase."
"You think that Congress should consider raising them much higher in order to ensure that the oil companies pay a price when people die, when businesses are crushed, when the environment is destroyed, ..."
"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 H..."