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On the recordOctober 17, 2011
People cannot wait. There have been too many faulty assumptions and miscalculations, and regrettably, the burden of which has now been borne by so many unemployed people.
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Mary Landrieu
Democratic · Louisiana

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Landrieu emphasizes urgency in addressing unemployment and economic miscalculations.

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