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On the recordMay 6, 2010
Even though our unemployment rate in Minnesota is 7.4 percent, which is significantly below the national average, I get letters all the time that say, well, it might be 7.4 percent but in our household it is 100 percent.
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Amy Klobuchar
Democratic · Minnesota

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Klobuchar shares constituents' concerns about unemployment despite lower state rates.

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