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On the recordMarch 10, 2010
If you are for increased trade, commercial growth, and job creation, all of which we desperately need right now, you cannot get there without supporting the basic transportation and infrastructure, like the much-needed new locks and dams on the Mississippi.
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

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Dorgan emphasizes the need for infrastructure to support trade and job creation.

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