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Claire McCaskill: “If it is Federal money and we are the ones that are going to be on the hook for more Federal money if they put back up…”

On the recordApril 10, 2018
If it is Federal money and we are the ones that are going to be on the hook for more Federal money if they put back up the wooden poles that blow over again, that seems that we ought to incentivize it maybe that you get 10 percent more if you show resiliency in your plans.
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Claire McCaskill
Democratic · Missouri

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Proposal to incentivize resilient infrastructure with federal funds.

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