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On the recordJuly 21, 2010
It translated into retaliation against workers who reported safety problems, and that is a very different type of way to respond to safety than to actually improve safety.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley criticizes BP's response to safety concerns as retaliation rather than improvement.

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