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On the recordJuly 15, 2009
With unemployment closing in on 10 percent--and most people are predicting it is going to go much higher--we cannot afford to delay construction projects.
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Jeff Duncan
Republican · South Carolina

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Emphasizes urgency for construction projects due to rising unemployment.

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