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Melvin Watt: I could not quite figure out what it was that the argument was that this bill was about job creation. Is the gentleman…

On the recordMarch 10, 2004
I could not quite figure out what it was that the argument was that this bill was about job creation. Is the gentleman now saying that the production of hamburgers is a manufacturing job?
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Melvin Watt
North Carolina

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Questioning the definition of job creation in relation to a bill during House debate.

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