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On the recordMarch 8, 2017
I do not want, frankly, the responsibility for these major infrastructure programs that the President talked about, and how he was going to create jobs, fall on the tax base of our local citizens.
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Nita Lowey
Democratic · New York

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Lowey expresses concern about local taxpayers bearing the burden of infrastructure costs.

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