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Harry Reid: I am sure the State of New Jersey, like the State of Nevada, and all 48 other States, has people who are unemployed. New…

On the recordNovember 12, 2003
I am sure the State of New Jersey, like the State of Nevada, and all 48 other States, has people who are unemployed. New Jersey is a very heavily populated State. Does the Senator from New Jersey think the people in New Jersey would care about our dealing with, for example, unemployment insurance where during the last 3 years we have lost 3 million jobs, or does the Senator think they would like to talk about some way to get jobs for the more than 9 million people who are unemployed in this country? Would the people in New Jersey rather we be doing that or what we are doing now?
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Discussing unemployment and job creation during a Senate debate.

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