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Grace Napolitano: Just last one before we let you go. Mr. DeGood, if the President were to put forward a proposal that privatized leverage…

On the recordMarch 8, 2017
Just last one before we let you go. Mr. DeGood, if the President were to put forward a proposal that privatized leverage private equity capital as the primary Federal role in addressing water infrastructure projects, what would be the likely impact to communities like mine, or anybody else's, where local ratepayers already having a difficult time making ends meet in addressing the water quality in their area?
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Grace Napolitano
Democratic · California

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Napolitano questions the impact of privatizing water infrastructure on struggling communities.

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