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Rush Holt: Our existing regulatory system is inefficient, plagued with loopholes for big oil companies.

On the recordJanuary 25, 2011
Our existing regulatory system is inefficient, plagued with loopholes for big oil companies.
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Rush Holt
New Jersey

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Holt criticizes the regulatory system for allowing oil companies to evade accountability.

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