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On the recordJune 21, 2017
But unfortunately, thus far we are making no progress. In fact, the President has proposed to take us backwards.
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Peter DeFazio
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

DeFazio criticizes the lack of progress on infrastructure under the current administration.

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