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On the recordFebruary 4, 2013
Would you agree, Mr. Teitelbaum, that there are many businesses in this country that have been predicated upon the presumption that there would be unskilled and often illegal labor to fill those ranks?
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Steve King
Republican · Iowa

Editor's note · Context

King questions the reliance of businesses on unskilled and illegal labor in the economy.

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