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Since congress failed to pass an faa bill nearly 4,000 faa employees have been furloughed, and as many as 70,000 construction workers across america are out of work. important airport modernization projects have been shut down in every state in the country. and let me just say parenthetically, one of the highest unemployment segments in the country is in the construction area. in the building trades. and for all of my friends on capitol hill who give speeches every day about jobs, the importance of jobs, putting people to work, this is not the time to be laying off 70,000 construction workers....

Since congress failed to pass an faa bill nearly 4,000 faa employees have been furloughed, and as many as 70,000 construction workers across america are out of work. important airport modernization projects have been shut down in every state in the country. and let me just say parenthetically, one of the highest unemployment segments in the country is in the construction area. in the building trades. and for all of my friends on capitol hill who give speeches every day about jobs, the importance of jobs, putting people to work, this is not the time to be laying off 70,000 construction workers....