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Joe Cunningham: first of all, I tell my colleague, I have got a daughter, not a son, and I have an adopted son, but I am speaking about…

On the recordOctober 2, 2002
first of all, I tell my colleague, I have got a daughter, not a son, and I have an adopted son, but I am speaking about my daughter. I would also, when you look at jobs lost in the State of California, Governor Davis frittered away billions of dollars, but now because of energy crisis Buck Knives is moving to Idaho, they save a half a million dollars a month. When my colleague wants to look at loss of jobs and lack of leadership of our governor, take a look at that and how it has affected every job in California. We have the highest workmen's comp of any of the States in the Nation in the State of California, but if we take a look, a lot of our businesses are leaving because of Gray Davis.
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Joe Cunningham
South Carolina

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Discussing job losses in California and criticizing Governor Gray Davis's leadership.

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