On the recordNovember 13, 2013
My father, a former share cropper with a second grade education, used to say somebody's going to pay.
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congress.govElijah Cummings: “My father, a former share cropper with a second grade education, used to say somebody's going to pay.”
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Cummings highlights the impact of contracting out on worker pay and benefits.
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