Edward Markey: “He's undoing the lessons learned from BP's last deep water…”

“So insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result. And so the Trump administration is just repeating the history that led to the catastrophe in the first place. He's undoing the lessons learned from BP's last deep water project right before they drill again. Take the watchdog off of the beat, you know, create a regulatory black hole within which the very same activities that occurred 16 years ago can be repeated again this year.” (07:19–07:28)

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