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Bruce Westerman: The simple fact of the matter is that a project can't be resilient, unless and until it's built.

On the recordNovember 18, 2019
The simple fact of the matter is that a project can't be resilient, unless and until it's built.
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Bruce Westerman
Republican · Arkansas

Editor's note · Context

Stressing that resiliency planning is ineffective without the completion of infrastructure projects.

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