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On the recordOctober 8, 2013
Now, and just--that was--the other questions I had was the infrastructure itself, because when I hear that there was a question from the government in regards to indoor plumbing as opposed to outdoor plumbing, it just seems to me all of that should be--should have been done in the infrastructure, because in my mind, in 2013, the best way to do something is to have indoor plumbing so that you could have a sewer system.
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Gregory Meeks
Democratic · New York

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Meeks emphasizes the importance of indoor plumbing in infrastructure planning.

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