This is funding that can put people to work immediately, replacing roofs on visitor centers, repairing trails, improving campgrounds, doing things we should have done 50 years ago to invest in our outdoor recreation economy and in rural communities.
Martin Heinrich: “This is funding that can put people to work immediately, replacing roofs on visitor centers, repairing trails, improving…”
On the recordFebruary 22, 2021
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Heinrich discusses the immediate job creation potential of the Great American Outdoors Act.
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