The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has created or sustained 1.2 million infrastructure jobs so far according to the chairman of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Rep. James Oberstar, D-MN, also said that 88 percent, or $33.4 billion, of the $38 billion allocated for highways, transit and wastewater infrastructure has been put out to bid on 16,380 projects.

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