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Ed Markey: Will you support the statutory right of States to do more to reduce dependence on foreign oil, reduce global warming…

On the recordJanuary 17, 2017
Will you support the statutory right of States to do more to reduce dependence on foreign oil, reduce global warming, pollution, save money at the gas pumps, and create tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of jobs in the clean car job business?
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey questions Pruitt on supporting state rights for environmental regulations.

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