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John Garamendi: “Mr. Higgins, thank you so very, very much for bringing this issue in very stark terms to our attention. You caught my…”

On the recordNovember 27, 2012
Mr. Higgins, thank you so very, very much for bringing this issue in very stark terms to our attention. You caught my attention earlier when we were talking about this; but here on the floor, this is a $1.2 trillion program that could create 27 million jobs in the next 5 years, and those are economic analyses that have been done by the New America Foundation.
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California
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Nov 27, 2012

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