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On the recordNovember 3, 2015
In the meantime, I appreciate what has been done, the manner in which it has been approached, and the effort to try and bring people together. Historically, infrastructure was something that was bipartisan in nature, that made people feel good about the process; and it is, of course, the fastest way to put millions of Americans to work at family- wage jobs while they improve communities from coast to coast. I look forward to working with the committee as it works its way through the process to make it the best that we can for the multiple objectives that we all share.
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Earl Blumenauer
Democratic · Oregon
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Nov 3, 2015

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