It will protect the American taxpayers and say to big oil: You did it, you pay for it; that is the way it goes. I learned that if you fouled up, you were responsible for cleaning up... The American people want those responsible for doing dirt to clean up that mess, just as families do in their own lives. But the oil executives and their lobbyists don't see things that way. They want to continue gouging the public whom they have by the tank and by the throat.
Senator Lautenberg addresses the need for accountability from oil companies for their actions.
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