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Roger Wicker: “So, it may be, Mr. Chairman, there's just something down there with the blowout preventer that's preventing it from…”

On the recordMay 17, 2010
So, it may be, Mr. Chairman, there's just something down there with the blowout preventer that's preventing it from, even today, kicking in.
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

Editor's note · Context

Wicker suggests a malfunction in the blowout preventer could be ongoing.

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