06/24/2009
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"The fundamentals are strong, yet nearly half, 42.4 percent, of working Americans in 2019 made less than $15 an hour."
"A good many of the people in my Congressional district... are more concerned about the supermarket prices than the stock market."
"the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) is, as Congressman Meeks described it, at its core, a civil rights law."
"This hearing will examine a problem referred to as astroturfing, which is the practice of creating the false appearance of grassroots support for a particular policy or position where none exists."