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On the recordMarch 1, 2011
it does not come from general tax revenues from our struggling families and small businesses, but from extremely profitable oil companies
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey emphasizes that conservation funding is sourced from oil companies, not taxpayers.

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