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On the recordMarch 12, 2013
So we're talking about American-made steel for those bridges, or concrete or other kinds of equipment. And so if we do that, we'd create jobs in the United States. The manufacturing sector lost 9 million jobs between 1990 and last year. This last year we've seen an additional about 600,000 new jobs coming back into manufacturing, but if we pass Buy American or Make It in America legislation, so that our tax money supports American-made products from American-made workers made in America, we can see a boom in manufacturing. It's certainly going to be important in my district, and I'm sure it is in yours. Gentlemen, you're right on target here. These are the investments that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton said we ought to make. Mr. Ryan, I know you have a few other things you'd like to toss into this.
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California

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