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Alan B. Mollohan: “Every Member of this body is looking at their congressional district and thinking about economic developments and what…”

On the recordJuly 24, 2007
Every Member of this body is looking at their congressional district and thinking about economic developments and what are the needs. If you are in a transition economy, transitioning from a basic industry, manufacturing economy to a new economy, tourism is a very important part of that new economy, of that vision into the future. We have seen a lot of projects from industrial areas that fall into that category, whether they are museums, whether they are trails, whether they are any of those kinds of appurtenances, if you will, that contribute to the economic development in the tourism realm.
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Alan B. Mollohan
West Virginia
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the role of federal funding in economic development projects during a House floor debate.

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