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James Oberstar: “I don't understand the strategy behind the President's decision to delay the highway construction.”

On the recordJuly 15, 2009
I don't understand the strategy behind the President's decision to delay the highway construction.
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James Oberstar
Democratic · Minnesota

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Oberstar criticized the President's delay in highway construction funding.

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