Mary Peltola, speaking at her U.S. Senate campaign rally in Anchorage, Alaska, says half of Congress is millionaires and billionaires only interested in making their friends richer. She points to rising prices for gas, stove oil, groceries and transportation, then calls Social Security a contract made with Americans decades ago and the foundation of retirement for so many Alaskans.
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- Mary Peltola
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- rally - Mary Peltola U.S. Senate campaign rally, Anchorage, Alaska
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We have a Congress, half millionaires and billionaires, who are only interested in making their friends even richer. These are, the level of wealth is unimaginable of the people, and it's never going to be enough. They're just going to keep taking from us. One of the most concerning issues, I mean, yes, we are very, very focused on the price of gas, the price of stove oil, the price of groceries, the price of transportation. Everything is going up and up and up. But one of the things we don't talk enough about in this campaign is Social Security. Yes, Social Security is a contract that was made with Americans decades ago. And we believe in this contract. We want this contract to endure because so many Alaskans their whole retirement Depends. It's the foundation of it is social security.
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