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Diana DeGette: “I wish the majority, rather than complaining in vague terms about the regulatory reform efforts and the unemployment…”

On the recordJune 2, 2011
I wish the majority, rather than complaining in vague terms about the regulatory reform efforts and the unemployment rate, would actually sit down with the minority and, with us, together, develop a jobs bill.
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Diana DeGette
Democratic · Colorado

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DeGette urges collaboration to create a jobs bill to address unemployment.

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