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Ed Markey: We have to actually aspire to a day where Thomas Edison could not recognize his electricity grid.

On the recordNovember 12, 2013
We have to actually aspire to a day where Thomas Edison could not recognize his electricity grid.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey emphasizes the need for modernizing the electricity grid.

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