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Richard Blumenthal: “I have proposed a measure that would prohibit discrimination against unemployed people simply because they are…”

On the recordDecember 7, 2011
I have proposed a measure that would prohibit discrimination against unemployed people simply because they are unemployed.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Blumenthal discusses his proposal to protect unemployed individuals from discrimination.

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