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Earl Blumenauer: “Today's commemoration comes at a critical time, for just as Albert Gallatin did something important for the founding of…”

On the recordMarch 11, 2008
Today's commemoration comes at a critical time, for just as Albert Gallatin did something important for the founding of our Nation, today America's infrastructure is falling apart. The American Society of Civil Engineers rates our infrastructure at a D-minus. It's one of the reasons our economy is in decline. We're losing the competition to Europe, to Asia. China is investing nine times as much of their national output as we are in infrastructure. And at a time of $110 a barrel oil, will $4 a gallon gasoline be far behind? We live in a carbon-constrained, water-stressed environment with an imperative need to rebuild and renew America.
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Earl Blumenauer
Democratic · Oregon
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the importance of infrastructure in relation to a commemoration of the Gallatin plan.

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