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John Garamendi: “How correct you are to look back to those heroes of the past that laid down the infrastructure. You can actually go back…”

On the recordNovember 27, 2012
How correct you are to look back to those heroes of the past that laid down the infrastructure. You can actually go back a little bit further. George Washington, in his first year as President of the United States, instructed Alexander Hamilton to develop an industrial policy. One part of that industrial policy was the development of the infrastructure for America's commerce. And it was canals and it was ports and it was roads. Mr. Higgins, so, how are we going to make this happen? You've got $1.2 trillion you want to put out there.
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California
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Nov 27, 2012

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