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On the recordFebruary 11, 2013
Maybe we need to give it another name. I have come up with one, Madam Chair. Let us call it 'TRICOLA'--truth in cost of living adjustments.
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

Editor's note · Context

Wicker suggests renaming chained CPI to improve its perception.

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