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Jim Inhofe: it would have been such an easy thing at that time to do, that we didn't do it. We just don't want to make that mistake…

On the recordJuly 20, 2011
it would have been such an easy thing at that time to do, that we didn't do it. We just don't want to make that mistake again.
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Jim Inhofe
Republican · Oklahoma

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Inhofe reflects on missed opportunities in past stimulus funding for infrastructure.

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