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Willie Hefner: “Why are we building, for my own information, why are we building a highway in Canada? Are we going to take Canada in, or…”

On the recordMay 22, 1998
Why are we building, for my own information, why are we building a highway in Canada? Are we going to take Canada in, or what is the story?
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Willie Hefner
Democratic · North Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the rationale behind building a highway in Canada.

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