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Steve Scalise: “I think what irritates me, what irritates a lot of people that are concerned about the economy, getting the economy back…”

On the recordJanuary 24, 2012
I think what irritates me, what irritates a lot of people that are concerned about the economy, getting the economy back on track and creating jobs is that the President made a political decision to throw away 20,000 American jobs and to hurt our relationship with Canada.
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Steve Scalise
Republican · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Scalise criticizes the President's decision impacting jobs and U.S.-Canada relations.

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