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On the recordJanuary 14, 2014
I hope my father's story helps illustrate the plight of the remaining 55,000 or so survivors in the U.S. living at or below poverty.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

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Collins shared her father's story to highlight the struggles of Holocaust survivors.

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