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On the recordMarch 3, 2020
Middle-of-the-road income for a household in my district is $48,000 a household. It is about a third of what a Member of Congress makes, and the people I represent wouldn't keep their jobs, let alone vote, to give themselves a raise, nor would they be considered for one, unless they got their job done.
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Jared Golden
Democratic · Maine

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Golden highlights the income disparity between Congress members and his constituents.

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