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On the recordSeptember 15, 2009
I think the Central Valley would define failure as 40 percent unemployment in Mendota and an agricultural industry that has literally been brought to its knees.
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

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McClintock highlights severe unemployment and agricultural decline in Mendota as a failure.

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