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Richard Blumenthal: “I was astonished and troubled to learn that men's teams that exited in the very first round of the competition in the…”

On the recordJuly 14, 2015
I was astonished and troubled to learn that men's teams that exited in the very first round of the competition in the World Cup were paid $8 million, an amount 400 percent greater than what the women world champions were awarded.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Blumenthal highlights the pay disparity between men's and women's World Cup teams.

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