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Ed Markey: Are we going to learn anything from the BP disaster? Is this Committee going to do anything to prevent such an accident…

On the recordMarch 15, 2011
Are we going to learn anything from the BP disaster? Is this Committee going to do anything to prevent such an accident from happening again?
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey questions the Committee's commitment to prevent future disasters after the BP spill.

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