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Ed Markey: The oil and gas industry is swimming in profits while our country is swimming in debt.

On the recordSeptember 20, 2011
The oil and gas industry is swimming in profits while our country is swimming in debt.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey highlights the disparity between oil company profits and national debt.

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