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Brian Schatz: “It is not trivial that the administration is at least recognizing we have a revenue shortfall and that it is going to…”

On the recordJuly 12, 2017
It is not trivial that the administration is at least recognizing we have a revenue shortfall and that it is going to get worse.
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Brian Schatz
Democratic · Hawaii

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Schatz highlights the administration's acknowledgment of a worsening revenue shortfall for infrastructure.

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