Is it the understanding of my colleague that the major projects that would generate the kind of work that is needed to improve our Nation's infrastructure, the major highway and bridge projects, cannot be undertaken on a 1-year extension because these are multiyear projects and they need a multiyear extension?
Discussing the need for a multiyear extension for infrastructure projects.
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