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Joe Courtney: “I don't get our values. I don't understand.”

On the recordMay 20, 2013
I don't get our values. I don't understand.
Said by
Joe Courtney
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Courtney expresses confusion over the treatment of military families and education cuts.

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