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Richard Blumenthal: “We face a perfect storm: home heating oil prices that are doubling, literally, along with the prices of groceries…”

On the recordOctober 13, 2026
We face a perfect storm: home heating oil prices that are doubling, literally, along with the prices of groceries, medicine, everything rising, soaring astronomically. This perfect storm is going to be crushing to American families. It is going to impose real hardship.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Senator discussing economic challenges

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