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Joe Crowley: Under the Republican plan, America will go to the dogs. This dog received $12 million. How many Americans who work in…

On the recordDecember 2, 2010
Under the Republican plan, America will go to the dogs. This dog received $12 million. How many Americans who work in New York or Michigan or California or Florida or Georgia earn $12 million in a lifetime? They'll protect this little dog, but they won't protect the middle class of this country, and that, I think, is wrong.
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Joe Crowley
Democratic · New York
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Dec 2, 2010

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The speaker criticizes the Republican plan for prioritizing pets over the middle class.

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