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Sheldon Whitehouse: “I strongly suspect that MMS had long since been captured by the oil industry and that it had ceased to serve the public…”

On the recordJune 7, 2010
I strongly suspect that MMS had long since been captured by the oil industry and that it had ceased to serve the public interest.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Whitehouse criticizes the Minerals Management Service's relationship with the oil industry.

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