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Tim Walz: Bipartisanship is not dead. There are policies grounded in common sense that lawmakers on both sides of the aisle can…

On the recordNovember 4, 2011
Bipartisanship is not dead. There are policies grounded in common sense that lawmakers on both sides of the aisle can agree upon. I'm proud to be part of a group of lawmakers, Democrat and Republican, who are fighting to complete the Lewis and Clark Rural Water System in Minnesota, Iowa, and South Dakota. This infrastructure project alone will bring drinking water to an area of the United States the size of Connecticut. It will sustain hundreds of jobs and create an estimated 10,000 jobs in the long run. The funds for this project were promised during the Clinton Presidency, the Bush Presidency, and the Obama Presidency. Locals not only paid their share, they paid in advance. And yet today, the earth movers, the forklifts, and the dump trucks sit idle, and no water runs to thirsty communities. A bipartisan coalition in this Congress is ready to act to push this project forward. With only 14 legislative days left in our congressional calendar, the time is now to work together, create jobs in a commonsense approach, bring Lewis and Clark to a reality. ____________________
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Tim Walz
Democratic · Minnesota
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Nov 4, 2011

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