The House of Representatives just voted 420-1 to give subpoena power to a presidential commission investigating the BP catastrophe.
Who was that one vote?
Oh come on, who do you think? Ron Paul.
Oh, and here's what Father Liberty had to say about the BP escrow account last night:BP's $20 billion escrow fund is a "PR stunt" that came about through a "suspicious" process, Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) said Tuesday night.
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"They have agreed to this and this is sort of a PR stunt as far as I'm concerned," Paul told Fox News. "BP had already been making a lot of payments to people who had been injured."
Paul emphasized that he wants BP to pay for all the damage they've caused, but said he was wary of government pressure on the corporation.