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On the recordMay 3, 2011
It's hard to see the wisdom of a cut like that when the real unemployment rate really is close to 16 percent in this country.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin criticizes proposed cuts to job training amid high unemployment.

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