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Ed Markey: This is not about the Obama Administration's slow walking permits. This is about oil company recklessness...

On the recordMarch 15, 2011
This is not about the Obama Administration's slow walking permits. This is about oil company recklessness...
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey criticizes oil companies and calls for reforms after the BP disaster.

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