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On the recordJuly 10, 2023
But there is something that stinks about this path that you are on right now because it is a surrender, and it is all about the money, and that is the reason for the backlash that you have seen.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Blumenthal criticizes the financial motivations behind the current agreement.

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