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Fred Upton: “President Obama's State Department estimates the $7 billion, private investment, shovel-ready Keystone XL infrastructure…”

On the recordSeptember 18, 2013
President Obama's State Department estimates the $7 billion, private investment, shovel-ready Keystone XL infrastructure project will support over 42,000 jobs during the construction phase alone.
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Fred Upton
Republican · Michigan

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Upton cites job creation potential from the Keystone XL pipeline project.

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