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Ed Markey: should there be a mechanism to ensure that there is compliance because we are only passing this because we have…

On the recordJuly 24, 2013
should there be a mechanism to ensure that there is compliance because we are only passing this because we have identified a threat?
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey questions the need for compliance mechanisms due to identified threats.

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