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Tim Walberg: We're going to be short in Texas alone, somewhere between 10 and 20,000 construction workers just to put people back in…

On the recordSeptember 12, 2017
We're going to be short in Texas alone, somewhere between 10 and 20,000 construction workers just to put people back in the home.
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Tim Walberg
Republican · Michigan

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Walberg highlights the shortage of construction workers needed for recovery efforts in Texas.

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