06/02/2009
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"It is awful when we hear unemployment statistics that we have, what, 9 percent unemployment."
"For people with disabilities, it is over 60 percent unemployment, and for people with hearing disabilities, it is, about 52 percent."
"We are making history. It's the first time, first time a congressional committee has met for an official hearing and every witness is deaf."
"Barriers to their success must also be removed."