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Matt Cartwright: “So it's $84 million the first year, double that by the…”

Featuring: Matt Cartwright, Democratic | Former U.S. House, Pennsylvania, District 8

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The Volpe Report - Sunday Feb 26, 2023 - US Rep. Matt Cartwright

Published | Video Starts at 28:00

But they measured, according to their calculations, this line, this Scranton, down through the Poconos, Mount Pocono, Delaware Water Gap, and then across New Jersey to New York city. We'll create $84 million per year every year in additional economic activity. So it's $84 million the first year, double that by the second year. Exponential increase. And that's what I'm after. There are a lot of people that like to take videotapes of trains going by. (28:00–28:05)

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