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John Garamendi: “How correct you are. And we would reach out to our Republican colleagues and ask them to join us on Making It in…”

On the recordJuly 28, 2010
How correct you are. And we would reach out to our Republican colleagues and ask them to join us on Making It in America. We've had enough of our tax dollars shipped overseas to buy buses that are manufactured overseas, to buy trains and ferries. Our tax dollars need to be spent at home. If it's a water system, a sanitation system, a bus, if it's our tax dollars, make it in America. If it's our tax dollars, then let's use it to make our future energy supplies--wind turbines, solar systems--make it in America. It's our mission, in the second half of this session, to make it in America.
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California
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Jul 28, 2010

Editor's note · Context

Garamendi is advocating for using U.S. tax dollars to support domestic manufacturing and energy production.

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