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Ed Markey: “Just, you know, they laid off 10,000 Americans while they made $500 billion over the last 5 years, the these four oil…”

On the recordNovember 17, 2011
Just, you know, they laid off 10,000 Americans while they made $500 billion over the last 5 years, the these four oil companies, these biggest ones.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey criticizes oil companies for layoffs despite record profits.

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