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Peter DeFazio: “Talks about the fairy dust of leveraging $200 billion of Federal money into $1 trillion of investment, something we all…”

On the recordMarch 12, 2019
Talks about the fairy dust of leveraging $200 billion of Federal money into $1 trillion of investment, something we all know is impossible.
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Peter DeFazio
Democratic · Oregon

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DeFazio dismisses unrealistic funding proposals in the President's budget.

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