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Paul Tonko: “What I would add to your support of statements would be that, as we delay, as we do these gimmicks, as we do these…”

On the recordJuly 15, 2014
What I would add to your support of statements would be that, as we delay, as we do these gimmicks, as we do these kicking the can down the road scenarios, there are projects lining up. They are building up. We are not resolving the overall core of concern out there. In a way, projects are piling up. In New York, the American Society of Civil Engineers has given this country, as you stated earlier, a poor report card on our infrastructure.
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Paul Tonko
Democratic · New York
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Jul 15, 2014

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