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Matt Cartwright: “In northeastern Pennsylvania, we have so many people on…”

Featuring: Matt Cartwright, Democratic | Former U.S. House, Pennsylvania, District 8

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The Volpe Report - Sunday Feb 26, 2023 - US Rep. Matt Cartwright

Published | Video Starts at 04:58

That's it. And other things, like, for example, the inflation, that was awful. I mean, we had better than 9% inflation raging. And you know as well as I do In northeastern Pennsylvania, we have so many people on fixed incomes, retirees, people living on Social Security. They're the ones that get murdered with inflation because their pay isn't going up. It's only their outlays that are going up. (04:58–05:06)

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Asserts that northeastern Pennsylvania has a significant population on fixed incomes and Social Security.

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