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Ed Markey: “Those standards are projected to reduce our dependence on foreign oil by more than 2 million barrels a day, prevent 6…”

On the recordJanuary 17, 2017
Those standards are projected to reduce our dependence on foreign oil by more than 2 million barrels a day, prevent 6 billion tons of carbon pollution, and save consumers more than $1.7 trillion at the gas pump.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey highlights the benefits of fuel economy standards established by the Obama administration.

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