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Mike Quigley: “But when I look at my three grandsons in their eyes, and I see that they had nothing to do with creating the problem…”

On the recordMay 11, 2022
But when I look at my three grandsons in their eyes, and I see that they had nothing to do with creating the problem, but yet we are going to give them the opportunity to pay for it, I just think that is morally wrong on our part.
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Mike Quigley
Democratic · Illinois

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Quigley expresses concern about future generations bearing the costs of current problems.

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