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Danny Davis: “To suggest that they do not deserve a retirement annuity sufficient enough to cover their expenses in the later years of…”

On the recordJanuary 24, 2012
To suggest that they do not deserve a retirement annuity sufficient enough to cover their expenses in the later years of their life is pretty much as uncompassionate as I think we can get.
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Danny Davis
Democratic · Illinois

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Davis argues for fair retirement benefits for federal workers.

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