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On the recordJanuary 25, 2011
Only big oil will claim that they can drill safely and look to expand drilling in the wake of our country's worst environmental disaster and the finding of their systematic failures.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey criticizes big oil's claims of safe drilling post-Deepwater Horizon disaster.

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