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Ed Markey: “If what you are proposing or countless governments across the world are starting to do is wrong, the worst that can…”

On the recordApril 7, 2014
If what you are proposing or countless governments across the world are starting to do is wrong, the worst that can happen is they have made themselves more energy independent.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey emphasizes the benefits of taking action on climate change.

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