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Marcy Kaptur: “Very interesting. Maybe some of those Wall Street dollars are going to China rather than inside the United States. That…”

On the recordJanuary 7, 2003
Very interesting. Maybe some of those Wall Street dollars are going to China rather than inside the United States. That is why it is important to target the investment here and to make sure that it builds wealth in our country, not someplace else. When the gentleman mentioned about infrastructure, that really struck me because northern Ohio has been seriously diminished in its ability to move passengers. And the equipment, the trackage, everything that we need really has been underinvested, and this is a system that when one goes around the world, I do not care whether it is France, Japan, the gentleman mentioned China, we are falling behind, falling behind.
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Marcy Kaptur
Democratic · Ohio

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Discussing the need for investment in U.S. infrastructure during a floor speech.

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