I think we all want to see what this infrastructure package will yield, but on the same hand, you do not want our departments to basically be viewing that as this will be the fund and the source for ongoing maintenance and operations of our existing infrastructure.
Murkowski expresses concern about relying solely on a national infrastructure package for local maintenance funding.
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