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On the recordJanuary 24, 2002
My point is simply that is not enough time to do much more than buy a few typewriters or rugs for the front office. You can't make a serious business plan in that amount of time and represent to the American people that we are actually helping to reemploy people. We need to rebuild some railroad beds. We need to retool some plants. We need to allow businesses the time necessary to do the engineering, to do the environmental studies, and to make the plans that can take advantage of it. And they will do it if they are given time sufficient to get the job done.
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Robert Smith
Oregon

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Discussing the need for adequate time to implement business plans and reemployment strategies.

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