12/09/2013
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"Let me commend the administration for embracing an unlimited liability for economic damages flowing from an offshore rig spill."
"S. 3472 (Menendez) would remove the liability cap entirely."
"I have been advocating we need to lift the cap, and I'm going to amend my legislation to pursue unlimited liability."
"But, there is no question that this is a discharge, not within a State, but in the territorial waters of the United States."