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Dick Durbin: It is 75 percent of the highway construction in Illinois through Federal funds, some 80 percent of the mass transit…

On the recordApril 21, 2015
It is 75 percent of the highway construction in Illinois through Federal funds, some 80 percent of the mass transit through Federal funding.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin highlights reliance on federal funding for Illinois infrastructure.

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