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Chris Murphy: “At some point, we've got to talk about what results we're getting for our money, and if you can turn around even a…”

On the recordJuly 11, 2007
At some point, we've got to talk about what results we're getting for our money, and if you can turn around even a portion of the money that we're using over there to make this country less safe, turn it around and college age, children's health care, I mean meat and potatoes things that matter to middle-class families, those are the investments that I came to Congress to work on. Those are the investments that millions of Americans around this country sent a new class of Democrats here to work on, and if we can get some Republicans to stand up with us this week, as we have seen happening in the Senate over the last week and a half, we'll start to make good on those promises.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Discussing the need to prioritize domestic investments over military spending.

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