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Rob Andrews: The Members of the House should listen to the voices that have been raised about the jobs crisis in our country. These…

On the recordDecember 6, 2011
The Members of the House should listen to the voices that have been raised about the jobs crisis in our country. These voices are speaking loud and clear. We should also listen to the quiet voices of desperation of so many Americans who will sit down this Friday night to try to pay their bills and find they have 70 cents worth of income for every dollar's worth of bills that they have. Or the Americans who retired a few years ago and thought that they were set for the rest of their lives but are now looking at the want ads every day because they think they have to get a job to continue to pay their bills in their retirement. Or the quiet, anxious voices of small business owners who are thinking that maybe this Friday will be the last Friday they keep their business open and they shut for good. These are the voices that should be heard in this country, and they're not being heard by this majority.…
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Rob Andrews
Democratic · New Jersey
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Dec 6, 2011

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