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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordMarch 15, 2011
Few, if any, of the response plans, particularly for deep water drilling, were effective in addressing the issues.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina
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Graham discusses the inadequacy of response plans for deep water drilling.

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