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Rashida Tlaib: “Do you think cutting benefits by 20 to 30 percent is a threat to pensions?”

On the recordApril 8, 2019
Do you think cutting benefits by 20 to 30 percent is a threat to pensions?
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Rashida Tlaib
Democratic · Michigan

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Tlaib asks about the implications of reducing pension benefits.

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