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Chris Murphy: “$3.50 a day. I'm not a big coffee drinker, but I've got to imagine that one of those big fancy mocha grande lattes…”

On the recordOctober 3, 2007
$3.50 a day. I'm not a big coffee drinker, but I've got to imagine that one of those big fancy mocha grande lattes probably costs more than it costs to insure a child in this country, Mr. Ryan. That's cost efficient. That's being good stewards of the taxpayers' dollars.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Discussing the cost of insuring children during a debate.

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