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Edward Markey: “There's $100 billion worth of taxpayer money that's been…”

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… control in a way that has never been something that he's been willing to talk about. And meanwhile, the war has been going on like you're saying, for 102 days. There's $100 billion worth of taxpayer money that's been spent, $55 billion worth of energy costs that are now going through our system. Inflation is up 4.2% according to today's report. And that's rippling right through the kitchen tables of every single person in our country. (05:54–06:03)

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