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Richard Blumenthal: “Well, you should talk to some parents. You've talked to your wife. You should talk to parents--I don't know whether you…”

On the recordJune 3, 2013
Well, you should talk to some parents. You've talked to your wife. You should talk to parents--I don't know whether you have children--who have to pay their children's cell phone bill.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Blumenthal emphasizes the financial burden of cell phone bills on parents.

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