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T and I Committee Hearing Focuses on Jobs and Water Infrastructure

The House Transportation & Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water and the Environment held a hearing today focusing on the need for clean water infrastructure investment and the positive impacts water infrastructure has on the environment, public health and  employment. During the hearing Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) and Vice Chairman John Boozman (R-Ark.) both cited statistics from the AGC co-chaired WIN Coalition on the overwhelming water infrastructure needs and AGC job creation data on jobs created per billion invested in infrastructure. Several witnesses testifying before the Committee are affiliated with members of the WIN Coalition. Witness testimony and video of the hearing can be viewed by clicking here http://transportation.house.gov/hearings/hearingDetail.aspx?NewsID=1230.