Senator Robert P. Casey (D-PA) addresses the minority unemployment rate

Friday, February 6, 2009 at 2:15PM
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by Christina Lovato, University of New Mexico-Talk Radio News Service

Senator Robert P. Casey (D-PA) and Keith Hall, Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics address the minority unemployment rate today at a Joint Economic Committee hearing. The unemployment rates for African-Americans and Latino's rise by more than any other race. The hearing was held to address today's statistics from the U.S. Department of Labor which released the rise in the unemployment rate which has risen from 7.2 to 7.6 percent. (3:01)

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