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Ed Markey: “Rather than legislatively repeating the mistakes that led to the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster we should pass the broad…”

On the recordSeptember 14, 2011
Rather than legislatively repeating the mistakes that led to the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster we should pass the broad reforms called for by the BP Commission so that our offshore drilling industry can be the safest in the world.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey emphasizes the need for reforms to prevent future drilling disasters.

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