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Ed Markey: “May I just say to Chairman Inhofe, I was an original co-sponsor of that bill in 1980.”

On the recordApril 11, 2016
May I just say to Chairman Inhofe, I was an original co-sponsor of that bill in 1980.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey references his long-standing support for a bill co-sponsored with Inhofe.

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