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Michael Burgess: The economic outlook is bleak and we are going to go down as the most job-killing Congress in history.

On the recordOctober 21, 2009
The economic outlook is bleak and we are going to go down as the most job-killing Congress in history.
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Michael Burgess
Republican · Texas

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Burgess criticizes Congress for job losses and economic decline.

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