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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
“It is imperative that FEMA helps communities quickly respond to wildfires and increase their resilience to future wildfire disasters”
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On the recordJune 15, 2010
They did not learn the lesson of the Exxon Valdez.
Said by
Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts
Source
transcripts.cnn.com

Editor's note · Context

Markey states that BP and other oil companies failed to implement necessary safety measures after the Exxon Valdez disaster.

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