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On the recordJanuary 27, 2010
Unemployment means poverty, in most cases, despair, high suicide rates, dropout rates, poor health, poor housing conditions.
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

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Dorgan connects high unemployment to various social issues in Native communities.

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