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On the recordJuly 20, 2011
And we're going to make it in America. America is going to make it. This is a great, strong country. Yesterday, I heard during the debate that we're broke. We're not broke at all. We've got a deficit problem; we can deal with that with some good policies when we put people to work. This is America, and we're going to make it in America. Let's look at that chart that Mr. Perlmutter has over there. Trade policies. We talked about that a little bit. Taxes. We're spending our tax money on buying equipment that's made overseas when it ought to be made in Ohio--the buses, the trains, the solar panels, and the wind turbines. How about doing those in Colorado? You have a plant there. Use our tax money to buy American-made equipment. Talk to me about research. Mr. Tonko, you come from one of the great early research centers of America.
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California

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