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On the recordAugust 23, 2009
However, the pain that working families in Hawaii have felt would have been much worse had the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act not been enacted.
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Daniel Akaka
Democratic · Hawaii

Editor's note · Context

Akaka emphasizes the importance of the Recovery Act in alleviating economic pain.

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