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On the recordOctober 10, 2013
One of the witnesses, Mark Zandi, who was an economic adviser to Senator McCain in his campaign, testified about how already just with the shutdown we've seen about a .5 percent decrease in domestic product growth.
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Amy Klobuchar
Democratic · Minnesota

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Klobuchar cites Zandi's testimony on the economic impact of the government shutdown.

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