From December 2007 to June 2009, the U.S. labor market lost 8.4 million jobs. This was the most severe employment contraction of any recession since the Great Depression.
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By Screenshot from Library of Congress | 11:23amRep. Jackie Speier talks with Colleen Shogan about her career and the harrowing story of her near-fatal experience as part of a congressional team that was attacked by members of the Peoples Temple in Jonestown, Guyana.





