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Ed Markey: It is a waste of a good resource, and saying you have to give up permanent in order to get something that only lasts for…

On the recordJanuary 16, 2018
It is a waste of a good resource, and saying you have to give up permanent in order to get something that only lasts for 5 years is something that ultimately, then, reach stalemate, so that is not good.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey criticizes federal requirements hindering effective shoreline protection projects.

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