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On the recordMarch 8, 2011
I want to--I'm not proposing we abolish Job Corps. I'm thinking, in trying to work with you and Senator Cochran and others, to improve it.
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Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama
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Senator Shelby emphasizes the need to improve Job Corps rather than abolish it.

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