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On the recordJuly 10, 2025
Once this comes home to roost in people’s homes, in their family finances, in really harmful ways, that [will be] motivating in a way that we haven’t seen before around this issue.
Said by
Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island
Source
thenation.com
Jul 10, 2025

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