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Brian Higgins: “I just simply want to say--and I have heard very clearly your testimony, it has been very valuable to me in terms of…”

On the recordMay 23, 2023
I just simply want to say--and I have heard very clearly your testimony, it has been very valuable to me in terms of learning a little bit more about this extraordinary program that, by the way, lifted 50 percent of American seniors out of poverty when it was enacted in 1935.
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Brian Higgins
Democratic · New York

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Higgins acknowledges the importance of Social Security in reducing poverty among seniors.

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