Merkley thanks Zinke for support on environmental issues.
05/09/2018
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America is spending only 2 percent of its GDP on infrastructure. Europe is spending 5 percent, China is spending 10 percent.
If our States have to delay projects, that of course results in much higher costs.
We anticipate that we would have a challenge, we would lose about 5,000 jobs in Oregon if we don't succeed in this effort during 2015.
I think this is a very important project, that we pursue renewal of MAP-21.