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Greg Casar: “We have a shortage of teachers, we've got a shortage of…”

Featuring: Greg Casar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 35

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And when I look around the country, I see all sorts of great work that is worth doing where we don't have folks in those jobs. We have a shortage of teachers, we've got a shortage of firefighters, we've got a shortage of people to care for our elderly. We know there's a lot of people that aren't able to go to work because they don't have affordable child care, or they're not able to go to work because they've got to care for an aging parent. (18:12–18:20)

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Asserts that there are shortages of teachers, firefighters, and elderly care workers.

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