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On the recordJanuary 30, 2013
I also appreciate my colleague, Senator Murphy, for talking about some of the issues that we're not grappling with here today, stagnant wages, et cetera, as we look at the health of our middle class.
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Tammy Baldwin
Democratic · Wisconsin

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Baldwin acknowledges Murphy's points on stagnant wages affecting the middle class.

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