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On the recordMay 26, 2010
As to my understanding, doesn't the law require that the President in a major environmental disaster like this--I've been told that the Federal law requires that the President take charge of the situation. Has he been down there basically running it and calling the shots?
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W. Todd Akin
Missouri

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The speaker is questioning the President's involvement in managing a major environmental disaster.

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