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Ed Markey: “It is truly mystifying that a nation suffering a prolonged recession... would adopt a willful and deliberate policy of…”

On the recordSeptember 13, 2011
It is truly mystifying that a nation suffering a prolonged recession... would adopt a willful and deliberate policy of obstructing construction of these inexpensive and innocuous generators.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey criticizes the government's obstruction of affordable hydroelectric projects during a recession.

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