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On the recordJune 8, 2025
For the better part of 50 years, working wages have been flat in real terms. Working people cannot afford to marry when they want to, have the number of children they want to or raise those children as they want to.
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Josh Hawley
Republican · Missouri

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Hawley addresses the economic struggles of working-class families.

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