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Tim Walberg: “It will shatter not only our hard earned health benefits but destroy the foundation of the 40-hour work week that is the…”

On the recordJuly 22, 2013
It will shatter not only our hard earned health benefits but destroy the foundation of the 40-hour work week that is the backbone of the American middle class.
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Tim Walberg
Republican · Michigan

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Union leaders warn that the Affordable Care Act threatens middle-class stability.

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