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On the recordMarch 25, 2009
Now, I dare believe that the reason 17 States have failed to do it or not do it, based on their druthers, is because the Department took no leadership one way or the other.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton criticizes the Department's lack of leadership in implementing job funding.

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