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On the recordApril 9, 2003
The unemployment extension merely helps these people through a difficult time in our Nation's economy through tragic circumstances that have occurred in the airline industry beyond anybody's control.
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Patty Murray
Democratic · Washington

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Murray argues for the necessity of unemployment extensions for airline workers.

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