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Ed Markey: “I agree with you 100 percent. And it is just something that I think we have to continue to monitor, because there are…”

On the recordJuly 28, 2015
I agree with you 100 percent. And it is just something that I think we have to continue to monitor, because there are tremendous benefits, even reducing the Federal deficit, of having the proper accounting standard.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey supports the need for proper accounting standards to realize economic benefits.

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