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On the recordApril 5, 2016
The savings and significant contribution you can make to the debt is not about grandma and granddad today. It is about my grandchildren and my children.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Murphy argues that debt impacts future generations more than current ones.

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