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On the recordJanuary 19, 2011
I am from suburban Chicago. And I am sometimes kind of amazed at conversations that I will have with folks in the Chicagoland area who are working for worldwide American companies who have not had a sense of clarity about the fact that their very employment is dependent upon the success of that company in overseas markets.
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Peter Roskam
Republican · Illinois

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Remarks on the dependence of local jobs on international business success.

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