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On the recordFebruary 2, 2009
I believe all three are essential: Timely, meaning we cannot sit on this for too long; we have to act. I think that is essential; targeted, in the sense we cannot have broad spending. We have to make sure we target the dollars to strategies that work; transformative, in the sense that as we are making investments in infrastructure or in people to get them through the recession, and also to generate spending, we also have a chance to be transformative, to change our economy for the better and to transform people's lives.
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Bob Casey
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Discussing the Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act and its priorities during Senate floor debate.

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