07/20/2011
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"The total backlog is about $2.1 billion."
"Mr. Nadeau, the FHWA ER program faced more than $1 billion backlog in projects even before Hurricane Irene struck."
"These are kind of Hobson's choices, in many ways."
"You will forgive me, Mr. Tombar, but it looks like show and tell, because I can't imagine when you would distribute this to 40-plus States that there is going to be enough to really make a difference."