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On the recordJune 12, 2008
I guess I would have to respond in that since when does helping people who lost their job have anything to do with being a liberal or conservative? I think people, the American people, hear people in Congress cite statistics and studies as if the people they are referring to are not real. These people, a person who loses job, who has to support his family, doesn't care if the statistics say that his State has the lowest unemployment in America. He doesn't care. All he wants to know is that he has unemployment benefits so that he can support his family. That is what we are here to do today.
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Michael Arcuri
New York
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Addressing the need for unemployment benefits during a debate on economic support.

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