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Ed Markey: If you have no standards, then the only person that ultimately gets hung is the consumer.

On the recordNovember 6, 2017
If you have no standards, then the only person that ultimately gets hung is the consumer.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey emphasizes the importance of standards to protect consumers.

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