Howdju — Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) thinks that the US government should apologize to British Petroleum for asking the company to create a trust fund of less than one year's profits to restore the Gulf ecosystem from the oil spill they caused.

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Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) thinks that the US government should apologize to British Petroleum for asking the company to create a trust fund of less than one year's profits to restore the Gulf ecosystem from the oil spill they caused.

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"I'm ashamed of what happened in the White House yesterday," said Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tex.) during a hearing on Thursday morning with BP's CEO Tony Hayward." I think it is a tragedy in the first proportion that a private corporation can be subjected to what I would characterize as a shakedown -- in this case a $20 billion shakedown -- with the attorney general of the United States, who is legitimately conducting a criminal investigation and has every right to do so to protect the American people, participating in what amounts to a $20 billion slush fund that's unprecedented in our nation's history, which has no legal standing, which I think sets a terrible precedent for our nation's future."

Joe Barton BP Apology, 'Shakedown' Comments Slammed By White House (VIDEO) Added on 2010-06-18 14:19:08 by factor

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- "I'm ashamed of what happened in the White House yesterday," said Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tex.) during a hearing on Thursday morning with BP's CEO Tony Hayward." I think it is a tragedy in the first proportion that a private corporation can be subjected to what I would characterize as a shakedown -- in this case a $20 billion shakedown -- with the attorney general of the United States, who is legitimately conducting a criminal investigation and has every right to do so to protect the American people, participating in what amounts to a $20 billion slush fund that's unprecedented in our nation's history, which has no legal standing, which I think sets a terrible precedent for our nation's future."
  
  Joe Barton BP Apology, 'Shakedown' Comments Slammed By White House (VIDEO) Added on 2010-06-18 14:19:08 by factor
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- British Petroleum's 2010 profits were on track to be double their 2009 profits, or $28 billion (1+/0- justifications)
- British Petroleum's profits for 2009 were $14 billion. (1+/0- justifications)
- British Petroleum's profits for 2008, 2007, and 2006 were $25.6 billion, $18.4 billion, and $22.2 billion, respectively. (1+/0- justifications)
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British Petroleum's 2010 profits were on track to be double their 2009 profits, or $28 billion (1+/0- justifications)

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British Petroleum's profits for 2009 were $14 billion. (1+/0- justifications)

Added on 2010-06-18 14:32:34 by factor
British Petroleum's profits for 2008, 2007, and 2006 were $25.6 billion, $18.4 billion, and $22.2 billion, respectively. (1+/0- justifications)

Added on 2010-06-18 14:32:34 by factor