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Colin Allred: “Creating 5000 jobs. You know, a 400 million dollar facility…”

Featuring: Colin Allred, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Texas

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Cruz v. Allred: The biggest race in Texas this November | Y'all-itics: August 25, 2024

Published | Video Starts at 13:19

I think victory is not a legislative one. You know, I think it's creating the VA hospital, which. In Garland? In Garland, which is, you know, something that took over a year, Creating 5000 jobs. You know, a 400 million dollar facility would have cost us a billion dollars to make. And it's helping us better serve our veterans. And I'm really proud of that. And I think that that's something that shows what it's possible, even working with the Trump administration, to get done. (13:19–13:25)

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Asserts that the VA hospital in Garland created 5000 jobs and cost $400 million instead of $1 billion.

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