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Richard Blumenthal: “There is a very low-tech solution here, which is to eliminate the bag fees.”

On the recordJune 20, 2017
There is a very low-tech solution here, which is to eliminate the bag fees.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Blumenthal suggests removing bag fees to reduce carry-on overcrowding.

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