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Gary Peters: “It's legislation that has support from the business community, the environmental community and the labor movement. We…”

On the recordMay 11, 2011
It's legislation that has support from the business community, the environmental community and the labor movement. We must stop voting on bills like the ones the majority is offering that pit priorities against each other, and, instead, we need to move legislation like my bill that brings our priorities together. This legislation will lower costs for consumers, reduce the amount of oil we import from countries that don't like us, and create and sustain manufacturing and R&D jobs here in the United States. I urge a ``no'' vote on the previous question so that we can support this legislation to Make It in America.
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Gary Peters
Democratic · Michigan
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May 11, 2011

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