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Martin Heinrich: “Too many people here in Washington D.C. think that if the stock market is on the rise, the economy is doing just fine.”

On the recordApril 4, 2017
Too many people here in Washington D.C. think that if the stock market is on the rise, the economy is doing just fine.
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Martin Heinrich
Democratic · New Mexico

Editor's note · Context

He critiques the disconnect between stock market performance and working families' realities.

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