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On the recordSeptember 24, 2013
The middle class has been hit hard by the Obama economy. Unemployment remains above 7 percent. Middle-class incomes have fallen, as I said, by over $3,000 since the President took office. Unfortunately, the President's health care and energy policies not only destroy jobs but hit the middle class with higher health care and higher energy costs. It is time for Congress to act as a check to the President's agenda and to stop these policies before more hard-working families are further harmed. I yield the floor. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Republican whip.
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John Thune
Republican · South Dakota

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