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On the recordMay 12, 2009
In my district, we're getting hammered by unemployment. They're looking at the bonuses, and they're saying 'We don't get bonuses when our company goes down. We get laid off.'
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Mark Souder
Indiana

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Souder criticizes AIG bonuses amid rising unemployment in his district.

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