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Joe Biden: “We were able to protect the hourly workers. Some salaried workers got hurt, particularly the younger ones.”

On the recordJune 9, 2013
We were able to protect the hourly workers. Some salaried workers got hurt, particularly the younger ones.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware

Editor's note · Context

Biden acknowledges the Administration's role in protecting hourly workers over salaried workers.

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