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John Garamendi: “It has to be done. We absolutely have to do this with your leadership on the subcommittee in trying to find a path to…”

On the recordMay 12, 2015
It has to be done. We absolutely have to do this with your leadership on the subcommittee in trying to find a path to build the infrastructure and in looking for ways to pay for it. Actually, the administration in the GROW AMERICA Act found a way to pay for it--with the earnings of American corporations that are overseas. Bring those back; tax them; and we would have enough money, together with the existing excise tax, to build our infrastructure over the next 4 to 5 years, so we have got to do it.
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California
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May 12, 2015

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