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John Tierney: Understand, I hear horror stories--you know, my constituents calling me--that would stand your hair on end about the way…

On the recordMarch 11, 2014
Understand, I hear horror stories--you know, my constituents calling me--that would stand your hair on end about the way they are being treated by folks like that who end up putting them in a worse situation than they would otherwise be if somebody gave them the right attention and helped them out from the very beginning.
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John Tierney
Massachusetts

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Tierney discusses the troubling treatment of constituents by agencies.

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