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Maria Cantwell: “What is the down-side? Because we are at 12 million, and if the upside is another 3.5 million or higher, what is the…”

On the recordJuly 16, 2014
What is the down-side? Because we are at 12 million, and if the upside is another 3.5 million or higher, what is the down-side if we do not act?
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Maria Cantwell
Democratic · Washington

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Cantwell questions the risks of inaction on manufacturing jobs.

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