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Ed Markey: if Federal infrastructure is causing harm to our communities, it is the Federal Government's obligation to make those…

On the recordMay 16, 2018
if Federal infrastructure is causing harm to our communities, it is the Federal Government's obligation to make those communities whole.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey asserts the government's responsibility to compensate affected communities.

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