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Neil Abercrombie: “I have an article here on what was called a bone-sopping rainy day, hundreds of unemployed people in Waikiki coming…”

On the recordNovember 28, 2001
I have an article here on what was called a bone-sopping rainy day, hundreds of unemployed people in Waikiki coming hoping they could get a job working on invasive species in Hawaii, to work with their hands in the fields to try to work to make our environment better. We have 31,000 people out of work directly as a result of September 11. What I am asking is cannot the example of the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Young) and the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey) and the appropriators here be brought to bear when we deal with the other bills that are coming forward with respect to how we are going to deal with the economic trauma that has hit the whole country?
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Neil Abercrombie
Hawaii

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Addressing unemployment and economic trauma following the September 11 attacks.

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