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Dan Lipinski: “This investment would have far-reaching, positive impacts by increasing jobs--many of them good-paying union jobs…”

On the recordDecember 4, 2019
This investment would have far-reaching, positive impacts by increasing jobs--many of them good-paying union jobs, making our businesses more competitive, and decreasing greenhouse gas emissions.
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Dan Lipinski
Democratic · Illinois

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Lipinski highlights the economic and environmental benefits of investing in freight rail.

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