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Tim Scott: “Part of the challenge that I see... is that since the pandemic, we have seen a loss of about 1.7 percent of the labor…”

On the recordNovember 29, 2021
Part of the challenge that I see... is that since the pandemic, we have seen a loss of about 1.7 percent of the labor force participation rate.
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Tim Scott
Republican · South Carolina

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Scott highlights the decline in labor force participation since the pandemic.

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