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On the recordJanuary 24, 2012
my Republican colleagues continue to push this false notion that if you would just roll back government oversight and protections for average Americans and allow industry to do what it wants without restriction, and unfettered, then somehow miraculously, jobs will be created
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Bobby Rush
Democratic · Illinois

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Rush criticizes Republicans for advocating deregulation to create jobs.

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