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Kirk: Better Plans Needed Before Oil Wells Drilled
CHICAGO (AP) -- Republican Senate candidate Mark Kirk says oil companies need to have contingency plans and technology to cap a deep water well in place before they drill new exploratory wells.

Kirk made his comments at a news conference Tuesday where he received the endorsement of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce.

The five-term congressman from Chicago's northern suburbs is in a spirited race for President Barack Obama's old Senate seat against Democratic Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias.

Kirk says he isn't concerned that liability connected to the massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico could put British Petroleum out of business.

BP officials have struggled for three weeks to cap the oil well that has spewed millions of barrels of oil into the water.

Kirk says a company that causes a tremendous liability should be responsible to pay for it.

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05 18 10 by Newsroom
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