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On the recordJune 21, 2017
What we are for is to raise the minimum wage to a living wage, to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Sanders outlines the Democratic agenda focusing on wage increase and infrastructure.

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