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Ed Markey: The four bills we are considering today would only generate one-fifteenth of the revenue that we would need to fund…

On the recordNovember 17, 2011
The four bills we are considering today would only generate one-fifteenth of the revenue that we would need to fund transportation projects for the next six years.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey critiques the insufficient revenue from proposed drilling bills.

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