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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009--Conference Report

Floor Speech

Date: Feb. 13, 2009
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Government Budget and Spending


AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT OF 2009--CONFERENCE REPORT -- (Senate - February 13, 2009)

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ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED COMMUNITIES

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I rise to engage my colleague, the chair of the Environment and Public Works Committee, in a colloquy. The Reinvestment Act we are passing today provides a unique opportunity for some of our most economically distressed communities to connect to our Nation's transportation network. We have ``shovel ready'' projects that are in need of funds. As the chair knows, these Federal funds have enormous potential to help complete work on projects and help bring jobs and economic development to our communities. I ask my colleague, in helping to draft this legislation, is it her intention to ensure that projects already under development in distressed communities receive full consideration under the law?

Mrs. BOXER. Projects in economically distressed communities are a high priority in this legislation and those projects should be addressed on an expeditious basis under applicable Federal requirements.

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