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Bill Delahunt: what was the cost to our economy of the blackout that I think was of a 12- to maybe 24-hour duration, what was the cost?

On the recordSeptember 3, 2003
what was the cost to our economy of the blackout that I think was of a 12- to maybe 24-hour duration, what was the cost?
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Bill Delahunt
Massachusetts

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Questioning the economic impact of a recent blackout.

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