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Ed Markey: The Majority has been so focused on a make-believe moratorium on drilling in the Gulf, that they've apparently missed…

On the recordNovember 1, 2011
The Majority has been so focused on a make-believe moratorium on drilling in the Gulf, that they've apparently missed the actual decades-long moratorium on American companies drilling off of Cuba that is the result of the embargo.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey criticizes the Majority for ignoring the real moratorium caused by the embargo.

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