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Amy Klobuchar: If we are going to have a $75 million cap, and BP made $16 billion last year, how is it an incentive for them to take…

On the recordJune 8, 2010
If we are going to have a $75 million cap, and BP made $16 billion last year, how is it an incentive for them to take safety measures?
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Amy Klobuchar
Democratic · Minnesota

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Klobuchar questions the effectiveness of the cap on BP's liability for safety measures.

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