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On the recordMay 5, 2010
Mr. Ellison, thank you so very, very much for pointing out what was the history of the great 2008 collapse. You saw those enormous job losses that were occurring during the Bush period and then the slow but steady improvement in the number of jobs that were lost so that now we are in a situation where we are actually seeing jobs added. We don't see the unemployment rate coming down as we would like to, but we are on the correct road, and we are making great progress on that. I would like to ask my colleague to join us in carrying on this discussion, if you would.
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California

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