As I understand their rewrite, we would not be able to recover on behalf of the public unless someone could prove that BP... actually intended the spill.
Chris Van Hollen: “As I understand their rewrite, we would not be able to recover on behalf of the public unless someone could prove that…”
On the recordOctober 9, 2018
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Discussing the implications of a rewrite affecting recovery for environmental damages.
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