Peter DeFazio actually said...

So I guess my question would be, if we had full use of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Funds, both on an annual basis, the income, and the theoretical balance in the Treasury of $9 billion, would it be fair to say that that money could be rather quickly and appropriately spent to begin to deal with deferred maintenance?

07/18/2017

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