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Think Progress Sen. Lamar Alexander Advocates A Government Takeover Of The Oil Spill Clean-Up
Today, on CBS Face the Nation, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) who spends a lot of his time fearmongering about various government takeovers seemed to advocate that the government simply let BP off the hook and take over the clean-up effort:
Alexander: Theres one thing [the administration] could do. Under the law, they could fire BP and take it over. But the truth is the federal government probably doesnt have the capacity to do that. [...]
Q: But would you favor taking over BP if that became necessary?
Alexander: Sure, thats up to the President to decide.
Today, on CBS Face the Nation, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) who spends a lot of his time fearmongering about various government takeovers seemed to advocate that the government simply let BP off the hook and take over the clean-up effort:
Alexander: Theres one thing [the administration] could do. Under the law, they could fire BP and take it over. But the truth is the federal government probably doesnt have the capacity to do that. [...]
Q: But would you favor taking over BP if that became necessary?
Alexander: Sure, thats up to the President to decide.