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Ed Markey: What happened on September 13 was not inevitable. It was preventable.

On the recordNovember 25, 2018
What happened on September 13 was not inevitable. It was preventable.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey emphasizes that the disaster could have been avoided.

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