03/23/2009
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"This is exactly the sort of shovel-ready infrastructure spending for which there is a broad bipartisan consensus."
"I think this is very important, if we do an extension, an 18-month extension, that will take us out of this crisis in time."
"If those exist in the budget, those should be used to pay down debt and pay down spending."
"Clearly this would have a detrimental effect on the economy and will negate any gains made by the stimulus which as I've said before, dramatically underinvested in infrastructure."