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On the recordSeptember 13, 2011
They could start tomorrow if Congress acts today to pass the American Jobs Act. Because the resources--that is, the money-- would be there tomorrow. The day the President signs this bill, those men and women could go to work rebuilding those schools. There is one other thing that's in the President's bill that I am really excited about because we've been talking about this forever and a day around here, and that is, Make it in America. There is a buy- America provision in this legislation. So when they go out and buy the paint, redo the heating and air conditioning system, those are going to be American-made paint, American-made air conditioners and heaters. That's the kind of thing we can do. We can use the American taxpayer money to rebuild the American manufacturing industry, just as you said. We can do it. It's billions of dollars of American money in transportation, bridges, roads, buses, and trains used for American- made equipment, making it once again in America. This is exciting. This is really rebuilding the manufacturing base.
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California

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