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Ed Markey: “It is my hope that today's hearing marks the death of a political movement, however. It is time finally for the 'stop…”

On the recordSeptember 12, 2011
It is my hope that today's hearing marks the death of a political movement, however. It is time finally for the 'stop the monuments movement' to end.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey calls for the end of the anti-monument movement.

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