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Ed Markey: “So this Groundhog Day recitation of how regulations will destroy the economy and jobs has already been shown to be…”

On the recordJanuary 25, 2011
So this Groundhog Day recitation of how regulations will destroy the economy and jobs has already been shown to be flat-out wrong.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey asserts that repeated claims about regulations harming jobs are unfounded.

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