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Ed Markey: “I just think it is very exciting to our country, and the potential is really unlimited in this sector.”

On the recordApril 11, 2016
I just think it is very exciting to our country, and the potential is really unlimited in this sector.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey expresses optimism about the future of energy technologies.

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