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On the recordMarch 15, 2011
I thank you very much, Mr. Hoyer. And we thank you for your leadership on this entire agenda because this is about middle class America. This is the middle class America that was rapidly disappearing over the last 15 to 20 years as we exported American manufacturing jobs. Your agenda, the Make It in America agenda, brings those jobs back to America. I will note that there are a couple of pieces of legislation that you could add to that list.
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California

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Garamendi discusses the importance of the Make It in America agenda for revitalizing the middle class.

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