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On the recordDecember 8, 2014
It is just wrong to assume that their CPI is the same as everybody else's and that they are not going to be negatively affected if we do not do something to address it.
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Maria Cantwell
Democratic · Washington

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Senator Cantwell criticizes the assumption that seniors' cost-of-living adjustments are adequate.

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