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Peter DeFazio: “At the current level of investment, it would take 171 years to bring the existing systems up to a state of good repair…”

On the recordFebruary 22, 2021
At the current level of investment, it would take 171 years to bring the existing systems up to a state of good repair, and that does not even include areas that do not have systems, like Tribal Territories and others.
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Peter DeFazio
Democratic · Oregon

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DeFazio critiques the slow pace of current infrastructure investments.

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