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Hank Johnson: “I have just tallied up the number of jobs that would be created by passage of this legislation. I did that by…”

On the recordJanuary 5, 2017
I have just tallied up the number of jobs that would be created by passage of this legislation. I did that by multiplying by eight the figure of 1,580, which is the number of jobs lost due to government regulation in 2016. If I multiply that eight times, I come up with 12,640 jobs. That is how many jobs would be created by this legislation--a paucity. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
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Hank Johnson
Democratic · Georgia
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Jan 5, 2017

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