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Joe Courtney: “I would say very much belie the level of some of the rhetoric we are hearing.”

On the recordJune 8, 2016
I would say very much belie the level of some of the rhetoric we are hearing.
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Joe Courtney
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Courtney critiques exaggerated claims regarding the impact of a new labor rule.

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