Political Quotes

On the recordJanuary 31, 2017
It is so easy to sit in your chair and talk about efficiencies when you have never worked with low-income incentives who are going hungry.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

Merkley criticizes the lack of understanding of low-income issues in budget discussions.

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