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John Garamendi: “Thank you very much, Mr. Tonko. You started with the Erie Canal. It's interesting to note that at that period of time…”

On the recordMay 12, 2011
Thank you very much, Mr. Tonko. You started with the Erie Canal. It's interesting to note that at that period of time, which was the last decades of the 1700s and the early 1800s, the United States Government set out on a course to build infrastructure, and the infrastructure was the canal systems at that time, and you so quickly and correctly pointed out the growth that came from that. That lesson, now more than 200 years old, needs to be repeated in America once again.
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California
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May 12, 2011

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