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Ed Royce: “If Congress does not act, we will not be able to be there for some of the members that we have helped in the past like…”

On the recordOctober 11, 2011
If Congress does not act, we will not be able to be there for some of the members that we have helped in the past like Slo Gas & Mart, who we helped with a loan in 2009 that created 15 jobs; like Waterwheel, a car wash facility that we helped in 2010 that created another 15 jobs; jobs here, and 15 jobs there may not sound like much, but when you consider the national potential, it very quickly adds up to 140,000 new jobs in the first year if the Royce-McCarthy bill is enacted.
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Ed Royce
Republican · California

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Royce emphasizes the job creation potential of the Royce-McCarthy bill.

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