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On the recordJanuary 25, 2011
I found it stunning at the first hearing this committee did after the spill happened where we had representatives from BP, Halliburton and Transocean. When I asked the question how much money are you spending on oil spill research, deep water oil spill research? The answer from each of them was, zero.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

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Senator Shaheen highlights the lack of funding for oil spill research by major companies.

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