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On the recordFebruary 6, 2019
I wouldn't fund it either if it was that high. So we think it was gold-plated out of hand.
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Garret Graves
Republican · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Graves criticizes the estimated costs of a project as excessively inflated.

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