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the Canadian tar sands get a free ride through U.S. pipelines.

We have not raised the liability cap from $75 million to ensure that oil companies are held accountable and taxpayers are not stuck with the bill for cleaning up spills.

At some point, that becomes a convenient excuse for a legislative strategy designed to produce political slogans rather than public laws.

For instance, despite being entitled the 'National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act of 2013,' H.R. 761 has absolutely NOTHING to do with developing these minerals.