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On the recordMarch 2, 2011
high unemployment in our own country... could lead to significant number of American people waking up one day without faith or belief in their Government's capacity to solve the nation's problems?
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Edward Jackson
Democratic · Virginia

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Jackson questions the administration's concern over unemployment's effect on public faith in government.

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