He was hired , in May 2010 , as vice president of his family 's construction business . After the 2010 BP oil spill , he was tasked with creating a subsidiary of his father 's company , called Coastal Environmental , that secured contracts to remove oil in the Gulf of Mexico . Murphy served as vice president of Coastal Environmental , and was one of its three directors from 2010 to 2012 ( after being elected to Congress , Murphy stepped down as a director but remained an owner ) . As vice president , he ran the company 's day-to-day operations for six months , until October 2010 , when the Coast Guard called off oil skimming operations in the Gulf . PolitiFact.com found that " Murphy 's description of his past employment is based on actual circumstances , but at times he omits a full explanation . " A 2011 gift of stock from his father boosted his personal net worth by $ 1 – 5 million . His father also gave $ 100,000 to key Democrats the same year he started to consider running for Congress
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