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Eleanor Holmes Norton: How do we track jobs? Because again, that is how we are most accountable, then everything else comes after that.

On the recordMay 4, 2009
How do we track jobs? Because again, that is how we are most accountable, then everything else comes after that.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Norton emphasizes the importance of tracking job creation for accountability.

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