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Ed Markey: They were not prepared. And, in the hearing that I conducted last week, it was very clear that none of the companies…

On the recordJune 20, 2010
They were not prepared. And, in the hearing that I conducted last week, it was very clear that none of the companies would be prepared who were drilling out in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey criticizes BP and other companies for their lack of preparedness for the oil spill.

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