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Ed Markey: Well, my greatest concern is that, you know, this is very early in the process. We're hopeful. But we're acting with an…

On the recordJuly 14, 2010
Well, my greatest concern is that, you know, this is very early in the process. We're hopeful. But we're acting with an abundance of caution, because this pipe has been under an enormous amount of stress over the 87-day period.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Edward Markey expresses concern about the integrity of the pipe under new pressure after the capping of the oil leak.

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