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On the recordFebruary 14, 2012
The Majority said their drilling bills were necessary to pay for transportation funding. Yet, the three bills reported out of this committee would generate less than 10 percent of the revenue shortfall for our transportation projects over the next five years.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey criticizes the Majority's drilling bills as insufficient for transportation funding.

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