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Nick Rahall: “This is a job-saving piece of legislation. Although a permanent reauthorization would provide a much greater degree of…”

On the recordMarch 2, 2011
This is a job-saving piece of legislation. Although a permanent reauthorization would provide a much greater degree of certainty, it helps provide some degree of certainty to our construction industry so that it can plan and invest in what are not short-term jobs but, rather, good, long paying, family wage jobs for our people. That's what we're talking about when we talk about investments in infrastructure. That's what we're talking about in this legislation; so I urge my colleagues, as I conclude, to support this in a bipartisan fashion.
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Nick Rahall
West Virginia
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Mar 2, 2011

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Speaker Rahall discusses the importance of a job-saving infrastructure legislation and urges bipartisan support.

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