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.
Golden highlights the income disparity between Congress members and his constituents.
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Regardless of what angry partisan commentators may say, I retain the trust of the coalition of Democrats, independents and Republicans.
It’s about protecting the working-class communities those men and women support. In my district, lobster fishing is the backbone of towns up and down the coast.
There’s almost nothing about this bill that I’m going [to] have a hard time explaining to the district. This is a giant tax giveaway to wealthy people. Everyone fucking knows it.
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