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Janice Schakowsky: “Thank you, Representative Garamendi, for coming to the floor and talking about the community. And it really is ``the…”

On the recordJanuary 14, 2014
Thank you, Representative Garamendi, for coming to the floor and talking about the community. And it really is ``the economy stupid'' for most Americans who feel a sense of growing insecurity. Wages haven't gone up for decades. But the leader, our leader, Nancy Pelosi of our leadership, has launched a campaign on behalf of women in America saying, when women win, America wins, and highlighting the issues that really affect women day to day, calling for things like affordable child care, an increase in the minimum wage, paid leave, which it turns out is a major priority of women. I see you have got a sign there.
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois
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Jan 14, 2014

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