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Chris Murphy: “It worries me that we are spending 3 percent of our GDP on infrastructure, when Europe is spending twice that, China is…”

On the recordMarch 13, 2013
It worries me that we are spending 3 percent of our GDP on infrastructure, when Europe is spending twice that, China is spending four times that.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Murphy expresses concern over low U.S. infrastructure spending compared to other countries.

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