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Jack Reed: “We have 12.7 percent unemployment, and as I said in a previous meeting, we have houses that are under water.”

On the recordApril 14, 2010
We have 12.7 percent unemployment, and as I said in a previous meeting, we have houses that are under water.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Senator Reed highlights the high unemployment rate and housing crisis in Rhode Island.

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