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On the recordFebruary 15, 2011
We have to build roads. We have to build bridges. We cannot allow, as a Nation, for our bridges to fall into the river as one did fairly recently.
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Mike Johanns
Republican · Alaska

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Johanns emphasizes the urgent need for infrastructure investment to prevent deterioration.

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