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On the recordSeptember 15, 2011
I compliment him on this outstanding speech. The hour is late and many colleagues have gone home, so I hope he will send this to every one of our colleagues. It has been a joy for me to stay and listen. The only question I wanted to ask--and we talked about this last night at dinner--here is another interesting fact amid so many that my colleague brought up in this great speech. If we look at that chart, from 1999 to 2007, before the recession hit, median income didn't go up.
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York

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