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Roger Wicker: “Can you think of any reason why, in this instance, that the oil would not come to the surface and cause this plume or…”

On the recordMay 17, 2010
Can you think of any reason why, in this instance, that the oil would not come to the surface and cause this plume or mist of particles that NOAA testified about?
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

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Wicker questions the reasons for oil behavior during the spill.

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