On the recordMarch 23, 2009
In my own community, I witnessed firsthand the devastation of the Platform A blowout in 1969.
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Lois Capps
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congress.govLois Capps: “In my own community, I witnessed firsthand the devastation of the Platform A blowout in 1969.”
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Capps recounts her experience with the 1969 Platform A oil spill and its environmental damage.
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