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Ed Markey: The fuel economy standards Senator Markey referred to earlier were at the time referred to--I still recall from an…

On the recordOctober 19, 2015
The fuel economy standards Senator Markey referred to earlier were at the time referred to--I still recall from an environmental activist, often a critic of the administration actually--said that that action back then was the single biggest action taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that any country had ever taken.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey highlights the significance of fuel economy standards in reducing emissions.

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