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On the recordJune 22, 2022
Simply put, as one of the last Members of Congress to get out of the Chamber when it was under attack on January 6, 2021, I don't believe that our democracy can sustain either runaway inflation or another recession.
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Jim Himes
Democratic · Connecticut

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Himes warns about the threats to democracy posed by inflation and recession.

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