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Pat Ryan: “I don't know where you are from, but where I come from, most of our jobs come from successful small businesses.”

On the recordFebruary 14, 2011
I don't know where you are from, but where I come from, most of our jobs come from successful small businesses.
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Pat Ryan
Democratic · New York

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Ryan highlights the importance of small businesses in job creation.

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