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On the recordDecember 9, 2019
So, the market is responding, but that's because we had the courage enough to pass a law that most people said would drive business out of California, when California is now the economic engine, and always has been, of the country.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democratic · Florida

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Wasserman Schultz defends California's paid family leave law as beneficial for the economy.

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