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On the recordApril 28, 2015
I want those good paying jobs to be created here, where they can form rungs on ladders out of poverty in a nation where the ranks of the poor are growing.
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Raúl Grijalva
Democratic · Arizona

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Grijalva emphasizes the need for job creation to combat poverty.

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