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On the recordSeptember 14, 2011
You don't have to be Dick Tracey to see the speed-over-safety pattern running through the offshore drilling bills.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey criticizes the majority's focus on expedited drilling over safety.

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