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Marco Rubio: “As it's currently proposed, the public benefits of that project would largely be concentrated in the areas like West…”

On the recordJune 2, 2014
As it's currently proposed, the public benefits of that project would largely be concentrated in the areas like West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, and Orlando, where the stops are, but it would impose some costs and impacts to all local governments along that corridor.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

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Rubio discusses the uneven distribution of benefits and costs from the All Aboard Florida project.

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