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On the recordSeptember 14, 2011
These are jobs that can be created right away. I'm from the Midwest, so we actually have a construction season; but for fixing schools, you can do that around the year, around the calendar. We can put these people to work within a few months. They can be on the job, earning money. This is such a sensible program.
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois

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