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Catherine Cortez Masto: “I have long been troubled by the tenor of the Lifeline debate: there's a tendency to wage war on the poor, to demonize…”

On the recordSeptember 5, 2017
I have long been troubled by the tenor of the Lifeline debate: there's a tendency to wage war on the poor, to demonize and make assumptions about Lifeline recipients.
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Catherine Cortez Masto
Democratic · Nevada

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Catherine Cortez Masto criticizes the negative narrative surrounding the Lifeline program and its recipients.

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