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Tom Carper: “I sometimes say I learn more from my mistakes than the things I do right, and maybe this was a good lesson for us to…”

On the recordJuly 11, 2017
I sometimes say I learn more from my mistakes than the things I do right, and maybe this was a good lesson for us to learn from a mistake.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Carper reflects on learning from mistakes in transportation projects.

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