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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 5, 2010
5:02 PM

CONTACT: US PIRG

A Jobs Bill That Builds More Jobs, Not More Highways

WASHINGTON - January 5 - New In The Public Interest column on Huffington Post from John Krieger, U.S. PIRG’s Transportation Advocate.

“If the goals of the jobs bill are to put the most people to work and to jump-start progress towards a more environmentally and economically sustainable future, then Congress needs to stop the insanity and pass a jobs bill that creates more jobs, not more highways,” Krieger writes.

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U.S. PIRG, the federation of state Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs), stands up to powerful special interests on behalf of the American public, working to win concrete results for our health and our well-being. With a strong network of researchers, advocates, organizers and students in state capitols across the country, we take on the special interests on issues, such as product safety,political corruption, prescription drugs and voting rights,where these interests stand in the way of reform and progress.
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