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Jeb Hensarling: But with the real unemployment rate at 12.1 percent, 46 million Americans dependent on food stamps, and real median…

On the recordJuly 15, 2014
But with the real unemployment rate at 12.1 percent, 46 million Americans dependent on food stamps, and real median income having fallen every year of the Obama Administration, the status quo is unacceptable.
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Jeb Hensarling
Republican · Texas

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Hensarling argues that the economic situation under Obama makes the current status quo unacceptable.

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