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Richard Blumenthal: “Dear Senator Blumenthal, as I sit down this morning to write you this letter, we still have no electricity; it is…”

On the recordSeptember 1, 2011
Dear Senator Blumenthal, as I sit down this morning to write you this letter, we still have no electricity; it is Friday, September 2nd, 2011, six full days since Hurricane Irene moved over our state.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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A constituent's letter expressing frustration over prolonged power outages post-Hurricane Irene.

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