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On the recordJuly 12, 2017
I am really worried that to the extent that an infrastructure package is predicated on that, that it is not really an infrastructure package.
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Brian Schatz
Democratic · Hawaii

Editor's note · Context

Schatz expresses concern about the reliance on public-private partnerships for infrastructure funding.

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