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On the recordMay 12, 2011
Thank you very much, Mr. Cicilline. And we note that your part of the Nation was where the manufacturing started in America, and the rivers, taking the power of the rivers and using it to start the mills and eventually creating the early American economy and continuing on to this day in a very special part of this Nation, the Rhode Island and the New England area. There are many, many things to say. As you were talking, Mr. Cicilline, and bringing us up to date on how we can do these things, I notice that two of my colleagues came in to join us. Again, Mr. Tonko, you were here for the very first Make It in America discussion, you and I, on this floor some months ago talking about what we can do in this rebuilding the great American manufacturing base, the strength of America, the incredible innovation that's possible, and you just happen to come from one of those areas where it was done and it's still being done.
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California

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