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Ed Markey: This dwarfs any terrorist threat to the United States. This is what is going to kill people, tens of thousands…

On the recordMay 25, 2016
This dwarfs any terrorist threat to the United States. This is what is going to kill people, tens of thousands, ultimately hundreds of thousands of Americans.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey emphasizes the severity of the fentanyl crisis compared to terrorism.

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