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Chris Murphy: “This economic crisis has pushed the middle class into poverty, but the country's political elite still have shown no…”

On the recordJuly 26, 2021
This economic crisis has pushed the middle class into poverty, but the country's political elite still have shown no appetite for needed reforms.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Murphy critiques Lebanon's political elite for failing to reform amid economic crisis.

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