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Kirsten Gillibrand: “A plan that's a first step toward privatizing Social Security--the bedrock of our social safety net--is no place to…”

On the recordJuly 10, 2018
A plan that's a first step toward privatizing Social Security--the bedrock of our social safety net--is no place to start.
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Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic · New York

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Opposes proposals that could privatize Social Security.

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