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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

Editor's note · Context

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

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