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Ed Markey: Well, my greatest concern is that -- 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 -- 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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Markey discusses his concerns about the integrity of the pipe after the capping process.

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