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Chris Murphy: It’s hard to decide what’s worse: accepting a $400 million bribe from a foreign government or spending a billion dollars…

On the recordJuly 16, 2026
It’s hard to decide what’s worse: accepting a $400 million bribe from a foreign government or spending a billion dollars in American taxpayer money to put gold plating on that bribe,
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Discussing the Luxury Jet Ethics and Transparency Act.

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