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On the recordFebruary 6, 2012
A study produced by Booz Allen Hamilton last year indicated a 30-day closure of the Port of New York and New Jersey would result in an economic impact on the U.S. GDP of over $5 billion and loss of 50,000 jobs.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Sheila Jackson Lee highlights the economic consequences of port closures.

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