This is really a Federal responsibility. This is something we're going to have to appropriate the dollars to help to solve.
Brian Schatz: “This is really a Federal responsibility. This is something we're going to have to appropriate the dollars to help to…”
On the recordJuly 24, 2013
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Schatz asserts that federal funding is essential for solving infrastructure issues.
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