On the recordMarch 4, 2010
The bill includes $77 billion of transportation funding. That was my reference. I think the experts agree that it would be hundreds of thousands of jobs, if not 1 million, saved or created with that transportation funding.
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Blumenauer discusses the impact of transportation funding on job creation.
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