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Edward Markey: “A simple Democratic majority in Congress is not enough. We…”

Featuring: Edward Markey, Democratic | U.S. Senate Massachusetts

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… and with Maxwell Frost to expand climate education, with Summer Lee to protect health care workers, with Greg Cassar to lower electricity rates. That's how our laws are made. Because A simple Democratic majority in Congress is not enough. We need a progressive Democratic majority. That is what we have to fight for. That is what this is all about. And I know that this is without question a moment of maximum historic challenge. (16:10–16:20)

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