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On the recordMarch 3, 2020
We all want a clean environment, but we cannot fund it in a competitive global marketplace if Americans' ingenuity consciously recedes into a place where our manufacturing sector has a GDP of a third-world country.
Said by
John Shimkus
Republican · Illinois

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Emphasizes the need for a strong manufacturing sector for environmental funding.

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