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The oil spill from BP's drill rig continues to unfold in the Gulf of Mexico, with no end in sight to the damage to wildlife, fishermen and coastal communities. And while the cost of this damage could run as high as $14 billion, a federal law currently caps liability for oil companies like BP at only $75 million.

Every dime of liability that BP -- and Halliburton and Transocean, collectively -- avoid is a dime of damage that is picked up by us, the taxpaying public.

So let's tell Congress -- "not one dime" of taxpayer money to pay for BP's mess.

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Sign the petition: In light of BP's disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, I am writing to urge you to remove the cap on oil companies' liability for damage from oil spills. Because of the leak from BP's drill rig, we are now seeing pelicans covered in oil, and the lives of fishermen and coastal communities upended. And scientists are now saying that this is just the beginning. We cannot let companies like BP off the hook. And yet, a cap on liability for oil spills does just that. Every dime of liability avoided by BP is a dime of damage that we, the taxpayers, wind up paying. Please pass legislation now to remove any cap on oil companies' liability for spills.
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