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Mark Pocan: “Thank you, Representative Schakowsky. In fact, when you talked about that, according to the Economic Policy Institute…”

On the recordSeptember 11, 2013
Thank you, Representative Schakowsky. In fact, when you talked about that, according to the Economic Policy Institute, the average family expense for a typical family in Chicago is $73,055. That $600 allotment for rent is hardly enough. That $20 for health care will get you a bottle of orange juice and maybe some Band-Aids, but I don't know if I'd call that health care.
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Mark Pocan
Democratic · Wisconsin
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Sep 11, 2013

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