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On the recordSeptember 20, 2011
the oil industry and the mining industry, as they right now get away without paying their fair share of the dues to live in our country.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey criticizes the oil and mining industries for not contributing fairly to the economy.

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