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Ed Markey: We feel the health effects. We are the downwind States. We are the coastal States. It is really happening to us.

On the recordAugust 4, 2015
We feel the health effects. We are the downwind States. We are the coastal States. It is really happening to us.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey highlights the direct impact of pollution on coastal states like Rhode Island.

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