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Lynn Jenkins: “Before I yield to the gentlewoman from Wyoming, I just want to highlight that, according to the Bureau of Labor…”

On the recordApril 3, 2014
Before I yield to the gentlewoman from Wyoming, I just want to highlight that, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a substitute teacher earning $11.07 an hour, if that substitute teacher's hours were cut back from 39 to 29 hours, she would lose $125 per week, or $6,484 per year, or nearly a 26 percent pay cut. These are the folks we are here fighting for. With that, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Wyoming (Mrs. Lummis).
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Lynn Jenkins
Kansas
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Apr 3, 2014

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