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Raúl Grijalva: Higher earnings help our overall economy, increasing consumer spending and strengthening and growing the middle class.

On the recordSeptember 19, 2013
Higher earnings help our overall economy, increasing consumer spending and strengthening and growing the middle class.
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Raúl Grijalva
Democratic · Arizona

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Grijalva links career education to economic growth and middle-class stability.

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