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On the recordMarch 24, 2010
Well, we are gathering up cosponsorship for the bill. And I appreciate your comments, because this is designed to kind of jump this movement forward. There are communities in the municipalities across the country that have begun to put these PACE programs in place. Annapolis, Maryland, which I represent, is another one. And what we are trying to do is create a more inviting environment for these sorts of programs. This is just one example of how we can partner with good legislation and good initiatives and good leverage coming from the legislation here. We can partner with the citizenry out there in our communities to do the right thing and to get back to the jobs priority. If we begin to get homeowners making these kinds of changes, that is going to have a tremendous positive impact on all of those businesses, a lot of them small businesses who are in a position to do this kind of retrofit.
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John Sarbanes
Democratic · Maryland
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Mar 24, 2010

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Sarbanes discusses the importance of PACE programs and their impact on local communities and small businesses.

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