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On the recordApril 15, 2009
If you can't make investments in human infrastructure and physical infrastructure... then that ability to grow in the 21st century is going to be severely curtailed.
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Chuck Hagel
Republican · Nebraska

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Chuck Hagel warned that lack of investment in infrastructure could hinder economic growth.

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