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Jerry Nadler: “But clearly, as Henry Clay realized, and Abraham Lincoln, and President Eisenhower, and a lot of others, it can't…”

On the recordOctober 11, 2011
But clearly, as Henry Clay realized, and Abraham Lincoln, and President Eisenhower, and a lot of others, it can't finance all the roads and projects that we need.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

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Nadler emphasizes the limitations of private sector financing for infrastructure.

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