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Bob Graham: “No taxpayer should ever be on the hook.”

On the recordJanuary 25, 2011
No taxpayer should ever be on the hook.
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Bob Graham

Editor's note · Context

Graham asserts that taxpayers should not bear the financial burden of oil spills.

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