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Nick Rahall: “Just to clarify for my colleague from Washington, my ranking member, if his concern was about the taxpayer ending up…”

On the recordJuly 30, 2010
Just to clarify for my colleague from Washington, my ranking member, if his concern was about the taxpayer ending up paying for something that BP should be liable for under the gentleman from Louisiana's amendment, we do have a catch-all provision in the legislation that applies to not only the entire legislation, but would apply to the gentleman from Louisiana's amendment as well that says none of the funds that are authorized or made available by this act may be used to carry out any activity or pay any cost for removal or damages for which a responsible party, BP, is liable under the OPA.
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Nick Rahall
West Virginia
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Jul 30, 2010

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Rahall addresses concerns about taxpayer liability related to BP's responsibilities under proposed legislation.

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