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On the recordMarch 10, 2011
Do you agree that this legislation will dramatically increase our dependence on foreign oil because it prevents EPA from taking actions to reduce oil use from cars, trucks, planes, boats, trains, construction equipment, or large industrial users of oil?
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey questions the impact of legislation on foreign oil dependence.

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