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The slimmed-down bill would hold BP (BP) accountable for the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and try to ensure similar disasters don't occur, Reid said last week.
上周哈里·雷德表示，該法案經(jīng)過精簡(jiǎn)后，要求英國(guó)石油公司對(duì)墨西哥灣石油泄漏事故負(fù)責(zé)，盡力確保類似的災(zāi)難不再發(fā)生。
Rahm Emanuel, an Illinois representative and a co-sponsor of the bill, also hopes to hold a hearing by October to address confusion over the EPA's role under the Clean Water Act.
伊利諾伊議員、提案人之一蘭姆?伊曼努爾（Rahm Emanuel）希望在十月舉行一次聽證會(huì)，討論EPA在凈水法中的權(quán)限。
Supporters of the bill counter that it would hold physicians and allied health workers to the same truth-in-advertising standards so patients can be better informed about who is treating them.
支持者則反駁稱，立法規(guī)定了統(tǒng)一的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，使醫(yī)師及醫(yī)療輔助人員誠(chéng)信宣傳自身資歷，從而確保了患者的知情權(quán)。

The bill makes it harder for federal and state law-enforcement officials to seize and hold property that has a suspected crime connection.
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