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John Rice Carter: “If we had taken those trillions of dollars and invested it in our infrastructure, in our education, and in high-speed…”

On the recordJune 18, 2019
If we had taken those trillions of dollars and invested it in our infrastructure, in our education, and in high-speed rail, and in broadband, we would probably be in a much better place.
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John Rice Carter
Republican · Georgia

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Carter criticized military spending over domestic investment.

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