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Ed Markey: If this bill was law in 2011, it would have prohibited any of the individual States from taking any action.

On the recordApril 27, 2015
If this bill was law in 2011, it would have prohibited any of the individual States from taking any action.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey warns that the bill would hinder states from banning harmful chemicals.

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