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Chris Van Hollen: I'm glad we're finally moving forward to do it and not just modernizing our 20th Century infrastructure and updating it…

On the recordApril 19, 2021
I'm glad we're finally moving forward to do it and not just modernizing our 20th Century infrastructure and updating it for the 21st but developing the 21st Century infrastructure and building more jobs along with that.
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland

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Van Hollen highlights the importance of modernizing infrastructure for job creation.

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