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On the recordJuly 27, 2010
I cannot tell you the number of people that have come to me and said, 'Senator, I can afford my mortgage. I cannot afford my insurance.'
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Mary Landrieu
Democratic · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Landrieu highlights constituents' struggles with high insurance rates post-Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

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