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Bob Menendez: But, if an entity tells you they are 'capable of responding to the worst-case discharge,' I don't think anybody…

On the recordMay 17, 2010
But, if an entity tells you they are 'capable of responding to the worst-case discharge,' I don't think anybody reasonably would believe that BP had a plan for the worst-case discharge.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

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Menendez expresses skepticism about BP's claims of spill response capability.

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