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Amy Klobuchar: “I got an interesting letter from one of my constituents that said that, well, maybe Minnesota's rate is eight percent…”

On the recordOctober 1, 2009
I got an interesting letter from one of my constituents that said that, well, maybe Minnesota's rate is eight percent, but at her household, it's a hundred percent.
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Amy Klobuchar
Democratic · Minnesota

Editor's note · Context

Klobuchar highlights the disparity in unemployment rates at the household level.

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