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Rep. Corrine Brown: “For every billion dollars that we spend on infrastructure, it generates 49,000 jobs. If we want to stimulate the…”

On the recordDecember 5, 2001
For every billion dollars that we spend on infrastructure, it generates 49,000 jobs. If we want to stimulate the economy, then we should invest in the building up of our infrastructure and tie it to homeland security.
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Rep. Corrine Brown
Florida

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Discussing the economic benefits of infrastructure investment during a speech on transportation.

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