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Tammy Baldwin: “The cost to the economy due to limited icebreaking capacity on the Great Lakes, $700 million and nearly 4,000 jobs.”

On the recordApril 28, 2015
The cost to the economy due to limited icebreaking capacity on the Great Lakes, $700 million and nearly 4,000 jobs.
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Tammy Baldwin
Democratic · Wisconsin

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Baldwin highlights the economic impact of inadequate icebreaking capacity.

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