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On the recordMarch 15, 2011
This is not about the Obama Administration slow walking permits. This is about oil company recklessness.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey criticizes the oil industry for recklessness rather than blaming the Obama Administration for permit delays.

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