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John Garamendi: “If America is going to make it, we have to make it in America. Once again, manufacturing matters. The problem with the…”

On the recordApril 12, 2011
If America is going to make it, we have to make it in America. Once again, manufacturing matters. The problem with the Republican budget is it hollows out, continues the hollowing out of American industry by denying the research, reducing research and reducing job training and continuing the kind of tax policies that actually give corporations tax breaks when they send jobs offshore. We want to reverse that. We're putting together the Make it in America agenda, a real jobs agenda for the middle class. Mr. Yarmuth, thank you so very, very much for bringing this to our attention and carrying this discussion tonight.
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California
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Apr 12, 2011

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