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On the recordMarch 1, 2017
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Review reported that the cost of then-candidate Trump's wall along the southern border will be up to $40 billion for every 1,000 miles of wall. With the potential of a 2,000-mile wall along the border, American taxpayers can expect to pay up to $80 billion for a wall at the southern border--$80 billion for a wall we were told Mexico would pay for, and Mexico said they will not pay for that wall. Last year, a leading Republican Governor also suggested that we should explore building a wall along the northern border. The northern border wall would be 5,000 miles. A northern border wall would cost about $400 billion using the MIT report estimates. Obviously, Canada, like Mexico, will not pay for a silly wall. Mr. Speaker, $480 billion to wall in the United States. What is it with Republicans and walls? What are they afraid of? What we need is a new infrastructure bill not to build walls, but to build bridges and roads and to build infrastructure to put Americans back to work and to grow the American economy. ____________________
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Brian Higgins
Democratic · New York

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