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Tom Marino: “I simply would add that I ask my colleagues to oppose this amendment. As far as the jobs increase, or lack thereof, that…”

On the recordJanuary 11, 2017
I simply would add that I ask my colleagues to oppose this amendment. As far as the jobs increase, or lack thereof, that my colleague speaks of, we have had the slowest growth rate in jobs in the history of this country. There are millions of people that are unemployed that are not seeking unemployment benefits, and they are not taken into consideration in the unemployment rate because it is much higher than it is; and the mean family income is at a low as far back as 14 years ago.
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Tom Marino
Republican · Pennsylvania
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Jan 11, 2017

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