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On the recordDecember 2, 2009
The unemployment rate is very high, and it is a tremendous problem, and it obviously means a lot of hardship for a lot of people.
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Ben Bernanke
Republican · South Carolina

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Bernanke acknowledges the severity of the unemployment crisis.

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