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On the recordSeptember 17, 2013
Shame on us if we take more than $10 billion in national taxpayer dollars and then do as you said--spread the dollars here, there and everywhere and then have to come back to the taxpayers to rebuild the infrastructure after the next storm.
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York

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Schumer emphasizes the importance of responsible spending of taxpayer dollars for infrastructure.

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