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On the recordJune 26, 2013
Outside of the whole budget debate, because that debate is going to continue to go on, assuming we have extra money, we are going to need to put significant infrastructure repairs, not only some that safety repairs that should have been done decades ago, but certainly areas that we can create greater efficiencies, but in the PRIIA bill itself, we are looking for reforms that help us to create greater efficiencies or greater use of taxpayer dollars.
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Jeff Denham
Republican · California

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Denham emphasizes the need for infrastructure repairs and reforms in budget discussions.

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