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Ed Markey: the President's Executive Order creates a new federal bureaucracy that requires regional plans to be created whether…

On the recordOctober 25, 2011
the President's Executive Order creates a new federal bureaucracy that requires regional plans to be created whether states want it or not
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey criticizes the President's Executive Order for imposing federal plans without state consent.

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