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On the recordJanuary 25, 2011
The failure of companies who knowingly refused to implement the necessary safeguards to prevent this disaster, and it was a failure of governmental policies and regulators that did not apply the proper oversight.
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Ben Luján
Democratic · New Mexico

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Lujan critiques both companies and regulators for failures leading to the disaster.

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