07/19/2021
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"Is there anything in the bill that would require moneys that go to an area where unemployment is high, to actually be spent on people who live in that area that do not have jobs?"
"If we are plugging money into doing important work, important infrastructure work--it is not to make work, it is work that needs to be done and should be done."
"Our unemployment rate there is approaching 16 percent, very serious because of the wood products industries is in the tank."
"It is critically important. In these tough economic conditions, the Recovery Act in Montana is already working to rebuild the economy from the ground up with infrastructure projects."