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Tim Ryan: “When we are already in a fragile economy with a 9-percent unemployment rate, they are talking about job losses of a…”

On the recordOctober 26, 2011
When we are already in a fragile economy with a 9-percent unemployment rate, they are talking about job losses of a million and a half, which would increase that unemployment rate up over 10 percent.
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Tim Ryan
Democratic · Ohio

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Ryan highlights the potential job losses and rising unemployment due to budget cuts.

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