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Barbara Boxer: “President Obama at first in the budget took this whole trust fund idea and basically said it is not working.”

On the recordMarch 24, 2009
President Obama at first in the budget took this whole trust fund idea and basically said it is not working.
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Boxer references President Obama's initial stance on the Highway Trust Fund's effectiveness.

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