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Tom Carper: “What we have is that I would describe it as sort of a Rube Goldberg set-up here to make sure that legislative employees…”

On the recordFebruary 3, 2016
What we have is that I would describe it as sort of a Rube Goldberg set-up here to make sure that legislative employees, employees of the legislative branch, can actually get the employer's share, as other Federal employees do.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Carper critiques the complex process for legislative employees to receive health benefits.

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