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Jeff Merkley: “Investing in our infrastructure is absolutely critical, critical to our economy in terms of job creation and critical to…”

On the recordJuly 20, 2011
Investing in our infrastructure is absolutely critical, critical to our economy in terms of job creation and critical to our future economy
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley emphasizes the importance of infrastructure investment for job creation and economic growth.

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