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On the recordOctober 13, 2011
So in my opinion, what the betrayal is is in the Republican budgets that cut investments in clean energy by 70 percent next year and 90 percent over the next 3 years.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey criticizes Republican budget cuts to clean energy investments.

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