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Garret Graves: “I think the ratio of getting $1 to $2 billion in construction for a $100 billion program is ridiculous.”

On the recordMarch 14, 2018
I think the ratio of getting $1 to $2 billion in construction for a $100 billion program is ridiculous.
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Garret Graves
Republican · Louisiana

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Graves highlights inefficiencies in funding for construction projects.

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