And gentlemen, both of you have made a very significant point. You're saying 1 percent of that stimulus bill--there wasn't a stimulus bill, of course. It didn't work, and stimulus bills don't work very well anyway. But 1 percent of that would have taken care of that promise, would have kept those very high-tech jobs in Florida, and would have----
W. Todd Akin: “And gentlemen, both of you have made a very significant point. You're saying 1 percent of that stimulus bill--there…”
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The speaker is discussing the effectiveness of stimulus bills and their impact on high-tech jobs in Florida.
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