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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “I suppose I take umbrage that the Federal worker is deprecated.”

On the recordJuly 14, 2009
I suppose I take umbrage that the Federal worker is deprecated.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton expresses concern over the undervaluation of federal workers.

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