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On the recordJune 8, 2016
But what you can't do in my mind in terms of the labor standards is cut taxes on wealthy people so that you cannot pay middle class a fair wage for a fair day's work.
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Joe Courtney
Democratic · Connecticut

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Courtney argues against tax cuts for the wealthy at the expense of middle-class wages.

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