Elijah Cummings: “God knows. I have, in my district, probably a 35 percent…”

On the recordSeptember 13, 2011

God knows. I have, in my district, probably a 35 percent African-American male unemployment rate, black. I want to create jobs.

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Cummings highlights high unemployment in his district and his desire to create jobs.

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