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he promise of high-speed rail was a big topic of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce’s annual “State of the Region” meeting Tuesday.
But Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood made another point early and often: If Congress passed a trans-
portation funding bill, it would create jobs.
It’s a message he has been repeating at speeches and appearances across the nation since the Obama administration released a $550 billion, six-year plan to pay for various transportation-related infrastructure projects on Labor Day last year.
“A transportation bill will become a jobs bill,” LaHood said during a speech at the Chase Center on the Wilmington riverfront.
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