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Ed Markey: This is not about the Obama Administration slow walking permits. This is about oil company recklessness.

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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