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Ed Markey: So we have lost many of the fundamental protections from poisons, defective products, financial crime...

On the recordOctober 10, 2013
So we have lost many of the fundamental protections from poisons, defective products, financial crime...
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey highlights the consequences of the government shutdown on consumer safety.

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