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On the recordDecember 5, 2001
so infrastructure development should be part of any economic stimulus plan that this Congress moves forward to the President's desk. We also need to extend the $300 per person rebate which the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Solis) has worked very hard on, because over 50 percent of our low-income and minority families were left out of that benefit earlier this year, and that is not fair. That is wrong, and we should correct it since we have the opportunity to correct it now.
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Bill Lee
Republican · Tennessee

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Discussing economic stimulus plans and the need for equitable rebates for low-income families.

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