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On the recordFebruary 16, 2000
it would just seem to me that, especially as we talk about unemployment and as we go into certain areas and as there is uncertainty about what fields individuals should pursue and go into even those individuals who are available to attend colleges and universities sometimes seemingly come out and might have majored in areas where there did not seem to be many job opportunities, and yet if you go down to the community hospital and there is a sign saying ``nurses wanted,'' or you go to the medical center and there is a sign saying ``nurses wanted.'' So I guess I would also, then, want to take this opportunity to suggest, especially to African American youngsters, that if they are looking for a career, but to anybody, if they are looking for a career and they want to make sure that there are opportunities in that field or in that career, then perhaps they ought to be looking at the health professions and especially perhaps they ought to be looking in the nursing arena. Not that they necessarily have to stop there, but certainly that is an area where job opportunities do in fact exist.
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Danny Davis
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Discussing career opportunities in health professions, particularly nursing, for young people amid unemployment concerns.

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