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Ed Markey: socialist power systems, and restrictions to free competition, of all the things to a socialist in America, this is at…

On the recordApril 25, 2012
socialist power systems, and restrictions to free competition, of all the things to a socialist in America, this is at the top of the list, that I am very concerned about.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey criticizes Power Marketing Administrations as socialist and restrictive to competition.

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