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Bill Clinton: “Is the Senator from Maryland aware that in the year 2000, there were approximately 176,000 long-term unemployed parents…”

On the recordMay 23, 2003
Is the Senator from Maryland aware that in the year 2000, there were approximately 176,000 long-term unemployed parents but that last month there were 607,000?
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

Editor's note · Context

Discussing long-term unemployment rates during a Senate floor debate.

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