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Ed Markey: the bottom line is that these fees are just not reasonable, and I'm going to fight very hard to make sure that these…

On the recordMay 3, 2017
the bottom line is that these fees are just not reasonable, and I'm going to fight very hard to make sure that these fees are checked in this FAA authorization bill which we will be considering.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey criticizes unreasonable airline fees and commits to addressing them in legislation.

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