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Harry Reid: “Montana is a very large State. It is a huge State. It is bigger than Nevada. But in addition to Montana being a very…”

On the recordJuly 13, 2000
Montana is a very large State. It is a huge State. It is bigger than Nevada. But in addition to Montana being a very large State, we have States such as Nevada which are growing very rapidly. For example, we have one project which is the largest highway project in the history of the State of Nevada costing $100 million. That money came from this fund. Is that not true?
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Discussing the size and growth of Montana and Nevada during a floor speech.

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