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Ed Markey: And instead of toughening those laws this year, there was a weakening, a serious weakening.

On the recordNovember 7, 2017
And instead of toughening those laws this year, there was a weakening, a serious weakening.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey criticizes the weakening of data protection laws.

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