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Dick Durbin: “So we just can't argue that things are more expensive now than they were 20 years ago, and a small event today may cost…”

On the recordJuly 27, 2011
So we just can't argue that things are more expensive now than they were 20 years ago, and a small event today may cost a lot more money than it did 20 years ago?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin highlights the rising costs of insurance over time.

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