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Richard Blumenthal: “The ongoing failure to spend more than 2 percent of our GDP on infrastructure investment”

On the recordFebruary 9, 2015
The ongoing failure to spend more than 2 percent of our GDP on infrastructure investment
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Blumenthal criticizes low U.S. infrastructure investment compared to other countries.

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