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On the recordMarch 2, 2011
Thank you. I am hopeful that instead of cutting transportation, which is envisioned in the CR, that would cost us 200,000 or 300,000 jobs at precisely the time that we need economic activity, that we can have a truce on the budget wars. Let's acknowledge that we will have a tight and focused reauthorization meeting the wide range of transportation needs, deal with how we build and renew America, get the economy started again, strengthen the quality of life in our communities, and make our families safer, healthier and more economically secure. It starts by approving this extension today.
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Earl Blumenauer
Democratic · Oregon
Source
govinfo.gov
Mar 2, 2011

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Blumenauer addresses the impact of proposed transportation cuts on jobs and the economy.

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