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On the recordMarch 14, 2012
We will pay for the investments proposed under the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Proposal with the savings achieved from ramping down overseas military operations to do some Nation-building right here at home.
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Ray LaHood
Republican · Illinois

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LaHood outlines funding for transportation investments through military operation savings.

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