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Tom Harkin: “For people with disabilities, it is over 60 percent unemployment, and for people with hearing disabilities, it is, about…”

On the recordOctober 10, 2011
For people with disabilities, it is over 60 percent unemployment, and for people with hearing disabilities, it is, about 52 percent.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin discusses the alarming unemployment rates for people with disabilities.

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