Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100802:16:37:00
Killed on the deepwater horizon have come to washington to lobby for simple just miss. >> we want to be treated fairly. >> reporter: courtney who lost her husband has two young daughters. >> we talk about daddy every day, and at night we'll pick out a star for him. >> reporter: because the workers died on the water, an offshore oil rig a 90-year-old maritime law says families are entitled to only lost future wages, minus tax and worker's personal expenses. far, far less than families to recover in an accident on land. shelly anderson lost her husband jason. i don't think that it's fair. it's s...