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On the recordJune 24, 2009
I would like you to comment on the 2005 SAFETEA-LU piece of legislation and the fact that, because of the cost of gas, oil and steel, how that 285 has, in terms of today's dollars, evaporated in terms of what it buys.
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George Voinovich
Republican · Ohio

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Senator Voinovich discusses the impact of rising costs on infrastructure funding.

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