So thank you so very much for talking about down home and what's going on there. I will note that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which the economists suggest has created 2.8 million jobs, provided the largest middle class tax cut ever, and also did the infrastructure-- streets, roads, sanitation facilities--and renewable green energy programs. Not one Republican voted for that.
John Garamendi: “So thank you so very much for talking about down home and what's going on there. I will note that the American Recovery…”
On the recordJuly 14, 2010
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Garamendi discusses the impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
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