I just want to make a clarification. When you talk about $280 billion in the recovery act and the stimulus package, it's actually much higher, because the cities and towns don't know if they're going to get the money or not. They are on the list, and in order to secure their position to get the money, they will take you out. So you are taken out from $1.2 trillion for the $280 billion that is actually the subject of investment. Let's not be fooled about how significant it is.
In answer to the Chamber of Commerce, Madam George, is it really feasible to find out how much we lost? We know which projects we had secure positions on and from which we were taken out. We were taken out from the Narragansett Bay Commission, which was worth $1.8 million. We were taken out from Decatur, Alabama, which was worth $1.4 million. We were taken out from 20 projects specifically, and those were worth $8 million. These are projects we lost. We also had to discount the remaining projects in order to make them more attractive so our customers would still give us a chance. We lost a significant amount, and we have the numbers showing what we lost. We also had to invest in a manufacturing facility in addition to what we had to keep here. We have already invested $2 million this year. We have specific numbers.
As to what we gained, we really didn't gain anything. If we had not put the manufacturing facility in the U.S., we wouldn't have had a chance on any of the projects. We were told very clearly that for any of those projects that had Buy American, we had a period of time to prove to the city that we had a plant in the U.S. While negotiations were taking place, the designs were progressing. So we either had to make a commitment or we would be taken out from the project.