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Elijah Cummings: “Gentlemen, let me suggest to you that unions subsidize, subsidize the Federal Government through the duties they carry…”

On the recordMay 31, 2011
Gentlemen, let me suggest to you that unions subsidize, subsidize the Federal Government through the duties they carry out as a consequence of achieving the right to organize.
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

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Cummings argues that unions provide benefits to the Federal Government.

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