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Ed Markey: Ultimately, it is public property that is being sold to the private sector. If they are getting a higher price overseas…

On the recordApril 13, 2015
Ultimately, it is public property that is being sold to the private sector. If they are getting a higher price overseas for the coal that should be factored into what we sell it to the private sector for so that we are putting more money into the Federal treasury for a publicly owned good.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey emphasizes the importance of factoring overseas coal prices into federal sales.

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