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Steven Horsford: “My unemployed constituents are not lazy. They are not immature. They have a desire to work.”

On the recordFebruary 13, 2013
My unemployed constituents are not lazy. They are not immature. They have a desire to work.
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Steven Horsford
Democratic · Nevada

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Horsford defends the work ethic of unemployed individuals in Nevada.

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