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On the recordMay 23, 2017
Ten years ago we had a 3.7 unemployment rate. Today, we have the highest unemployment rate in the Nation at 6.7 percent.
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Michelle Lujan Grisham
Democratic · New Mexico

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Lujan Grisham highlights the rise in unemployment in New Mexico.

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