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Maria Cantwell: “While we all want the economy to recover, and we all want to put Americans back to work--I guarantee these individuals…”

On the recordNovember 12, 2003
While we all want the economy to recover, and we all want to put Americans back to work--I guarantee these individuals would rather have a paycheck than an unemployment check--we need to do a better job making sure that we are making a commitment to unemployment benefits before we adjourn for the session.
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Maria Cantwell
Democratic · Washington

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Addressing the need for commitment to unemployment benefits during a session.

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