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On the recordJune 26, 2018
Have you read about the FAST Act? Oh, yes. We have read about it but we really do not, you know, have to, like, pay a lot of attention to it.
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John McCain
Republican · Arizona
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Questioning the Corps of Engineers' disregard for the FAST Act's timeline.

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