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Sean Casten: “If I would have told you then, don't worry about it, 2 years from now we are going to have 300 million Americans…”

On the recordMarch 7, 2022
If I would have told you then, don't worry about it, 2 years from now we are going to have 300 million Americans vaccinated, we are going to have employers creating jobs at a faster rate than the workforce is growing, and we are going to have Republicans and Democrats united across the aisle to support NATO to provide defensive weapons to Ukraine and stand up to Vladimir Putin, you would have told me I was smoking some funny cigarettes.
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Sean Casten
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Casten reflects on the rapid recovery and bipartisan support since the pandemic's economic collapse.

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