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Ayanna Pressley: “Maximizing employment is good for our economy, it's good for…”

Featuring: Ayanna Pressley, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 7th Congressional District

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Rep. Pressley Slams GOP Bill Ignoring Unemployment Crisis, Strips Fed's Job to Maximize Employment

Published | Video Starts at 00:35

Even Ronald Reagan said that he believed the best social program is a job. And yet, here we are. The best way to support working families is to keep them working, plain and simple. Maximizing employment is good for our economy, it's good for our communities, it's good for our families. And to deny that truth is to deny reality. So I'm confident that the American people will see through these baseless talking points and agree with Democrats that everyone should be able to get a job, to work a job, and to earn a living. (00:35–00:43)

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