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Hillary Clinton: We're trying to run today's economy on yesterday's infrastructure. And we're jeopardizing tomorrow's prosperity.

On the recordMarch 26, 2008
We're trying to run today's economy on yesterday's infrastructure. And we're jeopardizing tomorrow's prosperity.
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Hillary Clinton
Democratic · New York

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Clinton discusses the need for modernizing infrastructure to ensure future economic prosperity.

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