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On the recordJuly 6, 2009
We have spent in the last transportation bill $200 billion on highways. Now, that is a subsidy.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Menendez highlights the substantial highway funding as a form of subsidy.

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