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Tammy Duckworth: “The President and his allies did nothing to plan for infrastructure investment in their budgets; in fact, they cut…”

On the recordDecember 19, 2017
The President and his allies did nothing to plan for infrastructure investment in their budgets; in fact, they cut infrastructure spending by almost $200 billion.
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Tammy Duckworth
Democratic · Illinois

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Criticism of President Trump's infrastructure funding cuts and budget priorities.

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