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Olympia Snowe: There has to be some way for BP to assume the responsibilities for that because if the business is going to SBA and does…

On the recordMay 18, 2010
There has to be some way for BP to assume the responsibilities for that because if the business is going to SBA and does not have the necessary collateral to back up that loan, I mean this is the difficulty that they are going to, the individual owner is going to, have to assume for a crisis that they did not create.
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Olympia Snowe
Republican · Maine

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Snowe emphasizes BP's responsibility for businesses affected by the crisis.

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