That is one of the great hopes for jobs in this country, as our
Senator from Washington, Maria Cantwell, constantly reminds us. For my home State of New York, I was particularly pleased the
agreement supports critical programs that are greatly needed and very
popular in my State, like the Community Development Block Grant
Program, which so many smaller cities depend on; the Great Lakes
Restoration Initiative to get pollution out of all the Great Lakes,
Lake Ontario and Lake Erie being on the shores of New York; and the
vital TIGER Grant Program, which has done so much to support
infrastructure, road building, and highways throughout my State and
throughout America. As I said, the bill explicitly precludes the use of any of this
funding for a border wall. This is an idea that both parties rejected. A load of Congressmen and Senators on the Republican side have said
that the wall doesn't make sense.
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