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Sam Graves: “It is estimated that over half of the private sector jobs lost to sequestration, which is about 960,000 jobs, are going…”

On the recordSeptember 19, 2012
It is estimated that over half of the private sector jobs lost to sequestration, which is about 960,000 jobs, are going to be small business jobs.
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Sam Graves
Republican · Missouri

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Graves warns that sequestration will disproportionately impact small businesses and their employees.

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