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Jeff Merkley: “Sometimes that involves tolling that takes a tremendous amount more of our working Americans' pockets than if we just…”

On the recordMay 16, 2017
Sometimes that involves tolling that takes a tremendous amount more of our working Americans' pockets than if we just finance something directly.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley emphasizes the financial burden of tolling compared to direct financing.

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