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Don Nickles: “I admonish my colleague--that is a strong word--I inform my colleague that a person could exhaust their benefits, find a…”

On the recordOctober 16, 2002
I admonish my colleague--that is a strong word--I inform my colleague that a person could exhaust their benefits, find a job and still would be counted as being unemployed.
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Don Nickles
Oklahoma

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Discussing unemployment statistics and benefits.

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