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Ed Markey: boosterism leads to complacency and complacency leads to disaster.

On the recordNovember 25, 2018
boosterism leads to complacency and complacency leads to disaster.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey emphasizes the dangers of complacency in safety standards.

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