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On the recordJuly 20, 2004
There are people who live in Never-Never Land. People in this administration must live in Michael Jackson's Never-Never Land because they seem totally out of touch. The President comes to Ohio and he talks about how the economy is doing better than it has done in decades. Where is he talking about? What is he talking about? The job loss continues. You look at our surrounding States. Pennsylvania lost 157,400 jobs. West Virginia, a fairly small State, 9,500 manufacturing jobs. The great State of Kentucky where I got my education, my higher education, lost 38,600 jobs. Indiana lost 66,500 jobs. Michigan, 133,200 jobs. The job loss is horrendous, and it is continuing. Even the jobs that are coming back do not pay nearly as much as the jobs that have been lost.
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Marilyn Strickland
Democratic · Washington

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Addressing job losses and economic issues during a speech on the House floor.

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