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Ray LaHood: “The President this year in his budget proposed using the Highway Trust Funds, plus the funds that have been used for…”

On the recordMarch 14, 2012
The President this year in his budget proposed using the Highway Trust Funds, plus the funds that have been used for Iraq and Afghanistan, half of those funds as a means to pay for his budget.
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Ray LaHood
Republican · Illinois

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LaHood discusses the President's budget proposal involving Highway Trust Funds.

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