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Earl Blumenauer: “I think we ought to take this very good, clean extension, use the 6 months to be able to build on a foundation of the…”

On the recordSeptember 13, 2011
I think we ought to take this very good, clean extension, use the 6 months to be able to build on a foundation of the original ISTEA, right-size it, accept the recommendations of broad bipartisan commissions that we need to be spending more, deal with the deficit reduction the way that it happened with Ronald Reagan and with Bill Clinton that includes more infrastructure investment, and agree with the Senate FAA approach. We'll be able to put millions of Americans to work and stop the partisan bickering that we don't need to do. It's not partisan in the Senate. It doesn't have to be partisan here.
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Earl Blumenauer
Democratic · Oregon
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Sep 13, 2011

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