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Don Davis: “There are about 9.8 million jobs that right now are vacant.”

Featuring: Don Davis, Democratic | U.S. House, North Carolina, District 1

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Our Ag Future Town Hall with Members of Congress Don Davis and David Rouzer

Published | Video Starts at 15:31

And I would simply say when we put this whole thing in perspective, and this is some numbers coming out of the U.S. chamber, I mean, you're talking about out There are about 9.8 million jobs that right now are vacant. And then we're talking about 5.9. A million people who are actively. Who are actively unemployed but are not discouraged enough, but they're identifying themselves as unemployed looking, so to speak. (15:31–15:45)

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