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Amy Klobuchar: “If we are unable to be doing this retroactively, who do you think is going to pay for this $8, $10 billion that BP…”

On the recordJune 7, 2010
If we are unable to be doing this retroactively, who do you think is going to pay for this $8, $10 billion that BP caused damages?
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Amy Klobuchar
Democratic · Minnesota

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Klobuchar questions accountability for BP's damages without retroactive changes.

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