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On the recordMarch 2, 2015
I hope to work with you on that, and I hope we will all 'fess up in Congress as adults that if you are going to build some infrastructure, you got to pay for it.
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

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Wicker emphasizes the necessity of funding for infrastructure projects.

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