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On the recordJune 23, 2010
I don't really naturally like to be dumping on people for mismanaging something, but this is so outrageous. I mean, the only thing that could top the outrageousness of BP is the outrageousness of the administration to be sitting here 2 months after this situation without a clear-cut plan. I would think the President would have some boards like this and say, Look, the first thing we've got to do--and this is just like somebody has been hit in an automobile accident. They're bleeding. You're a doctor, Dr. Broun. And you stop the bleeding, is one of the first things you do. I would say, Well, we've got to stop that oil coming out of the floor of the ocean, and here's the plan to do it and we'll do this, this, this, and this, in this order. And it's going to require these resources and we're putting the team together and the plan to do that. And so instead of fixing blame, you fix the problem. And all we've heard is the government getting in the way.
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W. Todd Akin
Missouri

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The speaker criticizes the administration's response to the BP oil spill and calls for a clear plan to address the crisis.

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